Microbes and Lacustrine Carbonates - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

Explore the complex relationship between microbes and lacustrine carbonates in this informative lecture. Delve into the challenges of distinguishing biotic and abiotic processes in microbialite development. Examine field and laboratory studies from the Andes to the Alps, revealing how environmental factors can rapidly shift mineral precipitation between biotic and abiotic origins. Investigate modern lacustrine environments, microbial cultures, and confocal microscopy techniques. Learn about François Alfonso's PhD project, white biofilms, and virus impacts. Analyze examples from the Bahamas and vertical locks, focusing on cyanobacteria. Compare findings with the fossil record and discuss implications for Mars exploration. Address questions about microbialite distribution, lake chemistry, magnesium-rich dolomite, and sulfate-reducing bacteria in this comprehensive exploration of microbial influence on carbonate formation.

Introduction
Explanation of the title
Goals of the presentation
Examples
Francois Alfonso
PhD project
Microbes
Microbial culture
Confocal microscopy
bahamas
the good ones
the living ones
white biofilm
virus
summary
publication
example
Chemscan
Vertical locks
Cyanobacteria
Conclusion
Curiosity rover
Comparison with the fossil record
Funding agencies
Questions
Why are the microbiolites only found in the river
Is the lake too diluted
Magnesiumrich dolomite
Reducing sulfate bacteria
Why low mag calcite in the lake