• Subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystems, or "SLIMEs" (also abbreviated "SLMEs" or "SLiMEs"), are a type of endolithic ecosystems. They are defined...
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    Extremophile Lithophile Oligotroph Rare biosphere Subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystem A roll front is a curved ore zone that precipitates...
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    suggests that anaerobic oxidation also exists for these systems. Lithoautotrophic microbial consortia are responsible for the phenomenon known as acid mine...
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    endolithic species live together has been called a subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystem (SLiME), or endolithic systems within the subterranean...
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  • the mucus produced by snails Subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystem, or SLiMEs, a type of endolithic ecosystems Gunge, or slime, a thick, gooey...
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    biodiversity — Species evenness — Species richness — Subsurface Lithoautotrophic Microbial Ecosystem — Sustainability — Sustainable development — Sustainable...
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  • marked a significant advancement in our understanding of subsurface biogeochemistry. Microbial iron reduction not only contributes to greenhouse gas formation...
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    Banfield, J. F. (2015). "Metagenomic analysis of a high carbon dioxide subsurface microbial community populated by chemolithoautotrophs and bacteria and archaea...
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