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microbialites

microbialites is the plural of microbialite.

Meaning of microbialite

Noun

microbialite (plural microbialites)

  1. A sedimentary or accretionary structure formed by the action of microbes.
    • The encrusting micrite is interpreted as a form of microbial micrite; this is termed microbialite (Burne and Moore, 1987) and in this study refers exclusively to inferred microbial carbonates.2003, Wayne M. Ahr, Permo-carboniferous Carbonate Platforms and Reefs

Questions about microbialites

What is microbialites the plural of?
Microbialites is the plural of microbialite.

Words near microbialites in the dictionary

  1. microbial clock
  2. microbial clocks
  3. microbial fuel cell
  4. microbial fuel cells
  5. microbialite
  6. microbialites
  7. microbialitic
  8. microbialization
  9. microbially
  10. microbials
  11. microbian

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