microstromatolite

noun

A microscopic stromatolite; a rock composed of such organisms

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Meanings

nounmicrostromatolite (plural microstromatolites)

plural microstromatolites

  1. geographyA microscopic stromatolite; a rock composed of such organisms

    Note how the microstromatolite and surrounding basalt are overgrown by the biofilm and how hyphae protrude.

    2015 October 22, “A Fungal-Prokaryotic Consortium at the Basalt-Zeolite Interface in Subseafloor Igneous Crust”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From micro- + stromatolite.

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