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Multi-layered sheet of microorganisms
A microbial mat is a multi-layered sheet or biofilm of microbial colonies, composed of mainly bacteria and/or archaea. Microbial mats grow at interfaces
Microbial_mat
The Sippewissett microbial mat is a microbial mat in the Sippewissett Salt Marsh located along the lower eastern Buzzards Bay shoreline of Cape Cod, about
Sippewissett_microbial_mat
Film of microorganisms on a surface
of microbial aggregate suspension Microbial intelligence – Adaptive behavior by microscopic organisms including bacteria and protists Microbial mat – Multi-layered
Biofilm
Microbial mat that forms on the surface of water or rocks
Algal mats are one of many types of microbial mat that forms on the surface of water or rocks. They are typically composed of blue-green cyanobacteria
Algal_mat
Diversification of animal burrowing
Sessile organism anchored in mat Animal grazing on mat Animals embedded in mat Animals burrowing just under mat =Microbial mat Firm, layered, anoxic, sulphidic
Cambrian_substrate_revolution
Life of the Ediacaran period
of microbial mats contain fossils, and Ediacaran fossils are almost always found in beds that contain these microbial mats. Although microbial mats were
Ediacaran_biota
Layered sedimentary structure
of sedimentary grains in biofilms (specifically microbial mats), through the action of certain microbial lifeforms, especially cyanobacteria. The layered
Stromatolite
Protective or cushioning floor covering
electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection, anti-microbial for food industry applications. Today, this type of ergonomic mat is commonly used during trade shows for
Mat
fossils, however, may have originated from non-biological processes. Microbial mats of coexisting bacteria and archaea were the dominant form of life in
History_of_life
Groups of bacteria living symbiotically
variables. Biofilm Microbial intelligence Microbial loop Microbial mat Microbial population biology Synthetic microbial consortia Microbial cooperation Madigan
Microbial_consortium
Symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast
cellulose-based biofilm or microbial mat found floating at the container's air–liquid interface. This bacterial cellulose mat is sometimes called a pellicle
SCOBY
Microscopic living organism
single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from antiquity, with an early attestation in Jain literature
Microorganism
Phylum of photosynthesising prokaryotes
are the filamentous species, which often dominate the upper layers of microbial mats found in extreme environments such as hot springs, hypersaline water
Cyanobacteria
Study of decomposition and fossilization of organisms
how microbial mats and microbial activity influence the formation of fossils and the preservation of soft tissues. In these studies, microbial mats entomb
Taphonomy
Microbial community assemblage and activity
defined more precisely in 1988 by Whipps et al. as "a characteristic microbial community occupying a reasonably well-defined habitat which has distinct
Microbiome
Geologic eon, 4031–2500 million years ago
oxygen. The earliest known life, mostly represented by shallow-water microbial mats called stromatolites, started in the Archean and remained simple prokaryotes
Archean
Undersea unicellular organisms
distinct area around hydrothermal vents. These include organisms in the microbial mat, free floating cells, or bacteria in an endosymbiotic relationship with
Hydrothermal vent microbial communities
Hydrothermal_vent_microbial_communities
Genus of animal discovered as an Australian fossil
from a microbial mat texture, and is a hypothetical stage. But, this stage is the settlement of Funisia as small spheres on top of the microbial mat. Stage
Funisia
Any life form too small for the naked human eye to see that lives in a marine environment
has barely been explored even in the beginning of the 21st century. microbial mats Marine microorganisms have been variously estimated to make up about
Marine_microorganisms
Cave in Constanța County, Romania
resulting in metabolically-related microbial communities forming at specific cave sites. Preliminary studies of cave microbial mats revealed metabolically active
Movile_Cave
structures created by photosynthetic organisms as they establish a microbial mat on a sediment surface. An important distinction for biogenicity is their
Earliest_known_life_forms
Largest hot spring in the United States
spring are the result of microbial mats of thermophilic bacteria and archaea around the edges of the mineral-rich water. The mats produce colors ranging
Grand_Prismatic_Spring
Group of bacteria
environments including hot springs, stagnant water bodies, as well as microbial mats in intertidal zones. Unlike plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, purple
Purple_sulfur_bacteria
Second era of the Archean Eon
ancient life including stromatolites and MISS once formed by microbial mats. Such microbial mats belong to the oldest ascertained life form and may include
Paleoarchean
Biofilm found in saprobic rivers
as undesirable river biofilms, URBs) is a polymicrobial biofilm (a microbial mat) that proliferates in saprobic rivers and has been frequently used as
Sewage_fungus
Change in the heritable traits of populations
fossil record includes a progression from early biogenic graphite to microbial mat fossils to fossilised multicellular organisms. Existing patterns of
Evolution
Soft, siliceous sedimentary rock
Likhoshway, Yelena V.; Mormile, Melanie R. (April 1, 2013). "The Structure of Microbial Community and Degradation of Diatoms in the Deep Near-Bottom Layer of
Diatomaceous_earth
Genus of bacteria
microbial mats in association with other filamentous bacteria, such as cyanobacteria. The cyanobacteria usually occupy the surface layer of the mat,
Beggiatoa
Group of extinct aquatic animals
lived embedded in microbial mats, growing new cones to avoid being buried by silt. However no specimens have been found embedded in mats, and their mode
Cloudinidae
Eukaryotes other than animals, plants or fungi
probable saccoderm desmid (Mesotaeniaceae, Zygnematales) preserved in a microbial mat". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 304 104697. Bibcode:2022RPaPa
Protist
deposition, and transportation. The structures commonly form when microbial mats (which may comprise bacteria, fungi, protozoans, archaea or algae) are
Microbially induced sedimentary structure
Microbially_induced_sedimentary_structure
First geological period of the Paleozoic Era
However, biofilms and microbial mats were well developed on Cambrian tidal flats and beaches 500 mya, and microbes forming microbial Earth ecosystems, comparable
Cambrian
Organisms that live in salt water
hydrothermal vents, before photoautotrophs appeared and allowed the microbial mats to expand into shallow water marine environments. The Great Oxygenation
Marine_life
Sedimentary precipitation of carbonate induced by microbes
forming tests, shells or skeletons. Microbialites can also be defined as microbial mats with lithification capacity. Bacteria can precipitate carbonate both
Microbialite
Study of interactions between Earth and the biosphere
biology. The way he practiced it aligns closely with modern environmental microbial ecology, though his definition remains applicable to all of geobiology
Geobiology
Process by which living organisms produce minerals
mineralization include calcareous or siliceous stromatolites and other microbial mats. A more specific type of biologically induced mineralization, remote
Biomineralization
Microbial mat often found in caves
Snottite, also snoticle, is a microbial mat of single-celled extremophilic bacteria which hang from the walls and ceilings of caves and are similar to
Snottite
Extinct Ediacaran animal
much like Uncus, would probably have fed on the bountiful microbial mats. The microbial mats also likely aided in the preservation of several Ediacaran
Uncus_dzaugisi
Geological process forming dolomite
form dolomite. In most modern dolomitization sites, ‘microbial mats’ are present. Microbial mats are populations of microorganisms and their associated
Dolomitization
Any polyatomic anion containing silicon and oxygen
Cupriavidus metallidurans Biomineralising polychaetes Mineral nutrients Microbial mat Fossilization permineralization petrifaction Burgess Shale preservation
Silicate
Unicellular organism lacking a membrane-bound nucleus
held together by biofilms, and large colonies can create multilayered microbial mats. Prokaryotes are asexual, reproducing via binary fission. Horizontal
Prokaryote
Characteristic of a group of organisms with a common ancestor
billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in western Greenland and microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western
Common_descent
Marine bacteria and marine archaea
crust started to solidify following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. Microbial mat fossils have been found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone in Western
Marine_prokaryotes
Species of bacterium
bacterium from the genus Rhodoferax, which was isolated from an Antarctic microbial mat in Ross Island. LPSN "Rhodoferax Hiraishi et al". Retrieved 2013-05-26
Rhodoferax_antarcticus
Phylum of Gram-negative bacteria
lineage of proteobacteria involved in formation of marine Fe-oxidizing microbial mat communities". PLOS ONE. 2 (7) e667. Bibcode:2007PLoSO...2..667E. doi:10
Pseudomonadota
American evolutionary biologist, astrobiologist, and synthetic biologist
research on microbial mats, using them as models for early Earth and Martian ecosystems. One of her studies focused on carbon fixation in microbial mats located
Lynn_J._Rothschild
Primitive Mollusc-like organism
the calm, well-oxygenated sea floor with photosynthetic organisms and microbial mats. Assemblages bearing Kimberella often also bear fossils of Andiva, Yorgia
Kimberella
Active submarine volcano southeast of Hawaii
lineage of proteobacteria involved in formation of marine Fe-oxidizing microbial mat communities". PLOS ONE. 2 (8) e667. Bibcode:2007PLoSO...2..667E. doi:10
Kamaʻehuakanaloa_Seamount
Organisms living in water or air that drift in the current or wind
again as food by other plankton through processes such as the mycoloop, microbial loop and viral shunt. Microscopic plankton, smaller than about one millimetre
Plankton
Genus of bacteria
bacterium from the genus of Thiorhodococcus which has been isolated from a microbial mat from the White Sea. "Thiorhodococcus". LPSN. "Thiorhodococcus mannitoliphagus"
Thiorhodococcus mannitoliphagus
Thiorhodococcus_mannitoliphagus
Records of Earth's development
started to solidify following the earlier molten Hadean eon. There are microbial mat fossils such as stromatolites found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone
History_of_Earth
Extinct genus of early animals
meter in length, and likely lived in shallow waters, feeding on the microbial mats that dominated the seascape at the time. As a member of the Ediacaran
Dickinsonia
Lake in Catamarca Province, Argentina
Lagunas Altoandinas y Puneñas de Catamarca" Ramsar Site in 2009. Both microbial mats and microbialites occur at Laguna Negra and have diverse shapes. Their
Laguna_Negra,_Catamarca
Species of bacterium
bacterium from the genus Fictibacillus which has been isolated from microbial mat from a hot spring in Manikaran in India. Parte, A.C. "Fictibacillus"
Fictibacillus_halophilus
Class of bacteria
upward through a microbial mat of high- to low-ferrous iron. Similarly, oxygen from the overlying seawater diffuses into the microbial mat resulting in a
Zetaproteobacteria
Organic-inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs
Cupriavidus metallidurans Biomineralising polychaetes Mineral nutrients Microbial mat Fossilization permineralization petrifaction Burgess Shale preservation
Nacre
Form and structure of a phylum
hundreds to thousands of cells. They often dominate the upper layers of microbial mats found in extreme environments such as hot springs, hypersaline water
Cyanobacterial_morphology
Third planet from the Sun
colonized Earth's surface. Among the earliest fossil evidence for life is microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone in Western Australia
Earth
Hard, brittle internal structure found in all members of the family Sepiidae
Cupriavidus metallidurans Biomineralising polychaetes Mineral nutrients Microbial mat Fossilization permineralization petrifaction Burgess Shale preservation
Cuttlebone
External skeleton of an organism
Cupriavidus metallidurans Biomineralising polychaetes Mineral nutrients Microbial mat Fossilization permineralization petrifaction Burgess Shale preservation
Exoskeleton
Camp
and some protozoa, with ecological production dominated by benthic microbial mats. The ice-cover persists year-round and is on average 5-4 m thick. Since
Lake_Fryxell
Rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem
(2021). "Benefits to Plant Health and Productivity From Enhancing Plant Microbial Symbionts". Frontiers in Plant Science. 11 610065. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020
Productivity_(ecology)
Snow-free valleys in Antarctica
discovered the presence of microbial mats along glacial-melt streams, lakes, wetlands, and ice in the region. Dry Valley microbial mats are unique due to the
McMurdo_Dry_Valleys
carbon to nitrogen ratio such as saw dust and straw will stimulate soil microbial activity, increase demand for nitrogen, leading to immobilization. This
Immobilization_(soil_science)
Coastal ecosystem between land and open saltwater that is regularly flooded
John F. (1 October 2009). "Flat laminated microbial mat communities". Earth-Science Reviews. Microbial Mats in Earth's Fossil Record of Life: Geobiology
Salt_marsh
Internal support structure of an animal
Cupriavidus metallidurans Biomineralising polychaetes Mineral nutrients Microbial mat Fossilization permineralization petrifaction Burgess Shale preservation
Endoskeleton
Chemolithotrophic organisms
17–24. PMID 11539154. Kuypers, MMM; Marchant, HK; Kartal, B (2011). "The Microbial Nitrogen-Cycling Network". Nature Reviews Microbiology. 1 (1): 1–14. doi:10
Nitrifying_bacteria
Virus that infects bacteria
prokaryotes, where up to 9×108 virions per millilitre have been found in microbial mats at the surface, and up to 70% of marine bacteria may be infected by
Bacteriophage
Flow of energy through food chains in ecological energetics
of leaves is happening at different times, which is called a mosaic of microbial populations. Species effect and diversity in an ecosystem can be analyzed
Energy_flow_(ecology)
Global sum of all ecosystems on Earth
7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks from Western Greenland and microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone from Western Australia
Biosphere
Period of major evolutionary diversification of animal life
standards). The traces of organisms moving on and directly underneath the microbial mats that covered the Ediacaran sea floor are preserved from the Ediacaran
Cambrian_explosion
Lagerstätte in Wisconsin, USA
with modern biofilms and microbial mats. There is evidence suggesting that the feeding potential of this presumed microbial material was one of the forces
Blackberry_Hill
Domain of life whose cells have nuclei
features" are not specific to the clade, meaning it is almost certainly a microbial mat instead. Structures proposed to represent "large colonial organisms"
Eukaryote
Accumulation of calcium salts in bodily tissue, usually bone
Cupriavidus metallidurans Biomineralising polychaetes Mineral nutrients Microbial mat Fossilization permineralization petrifaction Burgess Shale preservation
Calcification
Part of arthropods
Deshpande (2000). "Chitinolytic enzymes: an exploration". Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 26: Introduction.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names:
Arthropod_exoskeleton
discoveries. Grallatorid tracks representing two morphotypes, associated with microbial mats that might have contributed to the formation and preservation of the
2026 in archosaur paleontology
2026_in_archosaur_paleontology
Microbial communities including microorganisms which use light as their energy source
multilayered phototrophic biofilms are usually referred to as microbial mats or phototrophic mats (see also biofilm). These organisms, which can be prokaryotic
Phototrophic_biofilm
Non-native organism causing damage to an established environment
dealbata) to invade. The water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) forms dense mats on water surfaces, limiting light penetration and hence harming aquatic organisms
Invasive_species
Ediacaran organisms preserved as casts on the surface of microbial mats
where Ediacaran organisms were preserved as casts on the surface of microbial mats. All but the smallest fraction of the fossil record consists of the
Ediacaran_type_preservation
Place in Andhra Pradesh, India
fluviatile, spring, cave and soil environments microbial carbonates are important. In the biofilms and/or microbial mats, which are formed in the caves, the principal
Borra_Caves
Small sedimentary grain that forms on shallow tropical seabeds
and growth of ooids. Modern ooids forming statically in situ within microbial mats have been described, supporting organic influence in ooid growth. Sometimes
Ooid
Community of microorganisms
animals, from simple life forms to humans, live in close association with microbial organisms. Several advances have driven the perception of microbiomes
Microbiota
Matter with biological processes
7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks from Western Greenland and microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone from Western Australia
Life
Directed movement of a motile cell or organism in response to light
Cyanobacterium Oscillatoria terebriformis in a Sulfide-Rich Hot Spring Microbial Mat". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 53 (9): 2142–2150. Bibcode:1987ApEnM
Phototaxis
Bio-geochemical process
sulfur cycle, bacteria follow the dissimilatory reduction of sulfate. The microbial urease catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea into ammonium and carbonate. One
Microbiologically induced calcite precipitation
Microbiologically_induced_calcite_precipitation
First compartment of ruminant stomach
remaining. Microbial fermentation proceeds rapidly in the mat, releasing many gases. Some of these gases are trapped in the mat, causing the mat to be buoyant
Rumen
Warrawoona, Western Australia.[citation needed] c. 3,480 Ma – Fossils of microbial mat found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western Australia
Timeline_of_Earth
Hard shell of some spherical marine animals
tubular, and vase-shaped structures found in some ciliates or in certain microbial animals such as loriciferans and rotifers are referred to as loricas.
Test_(biology)
Microscopic algae
Virus Microbiology Microbial biogeography Microbial genetics Microbial intelligence Microbial metabolism Microbial phylogenetics Microbial population biology
Microalgae
Shale known for exceptional preservation of mid-Cambrian organisms
a microbial mat, which could have formed an impermeable layer between the sediment and the oxic water column. There is no evidence for these mats in
Burgess Shale-type preservation
Burgess_Shale-type_preservation
Second period of the Mesoproterozoic Era
the current ocean water. Shallow seafloors may have "oxygen oases" by microbial mats oxygenating the seafloor, allowing aerobic organisms to survive. Boring
Ectasian
Earth's most severe extinction event
bivalves and vertical burrows, and it is likely that post-extinction microbial mats played a vital, indispensable role in the survival and recovery of various
Permian–Triassic extinction event
Permian–Triassic_extinction_event
Part of the body of a gastropod or snail
Cupriavidus metallidurans Biomineralising polychaetes Mineral nutrients Microbial mat Fossilization permineralization petrifaction Burgess Shale preservation
Gastropod_shell
Geologic formation in Western Australia
turn, overlain by a thick laterally extensive bed of wrinkly laminated microbial mats with domical and coniform stromatolites. A variety of lithologies, including
Dresser_Formation
City in Haut-Ogooué, Gabon
disputed; some authors interpret the structures as non-biogenic or as microbial mat features rather than as metazoans. Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905)
Franceville
Anatomical structure
Cupriavidus metallidurans Biomineralising polychaetes Mineral nutrients Microbial mat Fossilization permineralization petrifaction Burgess Shale preservation
Frustule
Animals living within Africa
(1977) F. Westall et al., Implications of a 3.472-3.333Gyr-old subaerial microbial mat from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa for the UV environmental
Fauna_of_Africa
American geobiologist
Gerdes, a microbiologist who conducted research in the field of modern microbial mats in siliciclastic deposits. In 2000, Noffke migrated to the US, where
Nora_Noffke
Marine synthesis of organic compounds
6 April 2016. Flannery, D. T.; R.M. Walter (2012). "Archean tufted microbial mats and the Great Oxidation Event: new insights into an ancient problem"
Marine_primary_production
Severe glaciation during the Paleoproterozoic era
the Earth's history, which wiped out most of the anaerobe-dominated microbial mats both on the Earth's surface and in shallow seas. In 1907, Arthur Coleman
Huronian_glaciation
MICROBIAL MAT
MICROBIAL MAT
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from the personal name Matthias (see Matthew).English (chiefly Wales) : learned variant of Matthew.Greek : variant of Mathias.
Surname or Lastname
English, Dutch, and Swedish
English, Dutch, and Swedish : patronymic from a short form of English Matthew or Dutch and Swedish Mathias.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and French
Dutch and French : from a variant of the personal name Mathias (see Matthew).English : patronymic from a pet form of Matthew.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Mattingley in Hampshire, named in Old English as Mattinglēah ‘woodland clearing (lēah) associated with (-inga) a man called Matta’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Matter.English : probably a metonymic occupational name for a mattress maker or seller, from Middle English, Old French materas, or less likely for a maker of crossbow bolts, spears, and lances, from the Middle English homonym materas.Dutch : variant of Matter 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Matlock in Derbyshire, named in Old English as ‘meeting-place oak’, from mæthel ‘meeting’, ‘gathering’, ‘council’ + Äc ‘oak’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from a pet form of Matthew.Hungarian and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Mates.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from a pet form of Matthew.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Matthew.Dutch : from a derivative of Mattheus (see Matthew).German : from a shortened form of Matthäus (see Matthew).
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from a variant of the personal name Matthäus (see Matthew).English : from a variant of the personal name Matthew.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from a variant or pet form of Matthias (see Matthew).English : patronymic from a pet form of Matthew.Greek : see Mates.Hungarian (Mátis) : from Mátis, or Matis, pet forms of the personal name Máté, Hungarian form of Matthew.Czech and Slovak : variant of Matas.Variant of Lithuanian Matỹs, from the personal name Matas.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Mates.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of the personal name Matthew.German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias or Matthäus (see Matthew).German and Dutch : variant of Matte ‘meadow’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the Middle English personal name Ma(t)thew, vernacular form of the Greek New Testament name Matthias, Matthaios, which is ultimately from the Hebrew personal name Matityahu ‘gift of God’. This was taken into Latin as Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus respectively, the former being used for the twelfth apostle (who replaced Judas Iscariot) and the latter for the author of the first Gospel. In many European languages this distinction is reflected in different surname forms. The commonest vernacular forms of the personal name, including English Matthew, Old French Matheu, Spanish Mateo, Italian Matteo, Portuguese Mateus, Catalan and Occitan Mateu are generally derived from the form Matthaeus. The American surname Matthew has also absorbed European cognates from other languages, including Greek Mathias and Mattheos.It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Matte 1 + -er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.English and Dutch : occupational name for a maker of mats, from an agent derivative of Middle English matte, Middle Dutch mat ‘mat’.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and French
Dutch and French : from a variant of the personal name Mathias (see Matthew).English : patronymic from a pet form of Matthew.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from a pet form of Matthew.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Mattingly.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various minor places called Matley, in particular Matley in Greater Manchester, Matley Heath and Matley Wood in Hampshire, or Matley Moor in Derbyshire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.Irish (Ulster and County Louth) : used as an Americanized form of McMahon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Matthew.
MICROBIAL MAT
MICROBIAL MAT
Female
Russian
(Ðглаий) Russian form of Greek Aglaia, the myth name of one of the three Graces, AGLAII means "beauty, splendor."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Francis.Spanish (Francés), Portuguese (Francês), and southern French and Catalan (Francès) : from an ethnic name meaning ‘Frenchman’ (see Francis).
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Latin Gustavus, KUSTAA means "meditation staff."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Quiet
Girl/Female
Hindu
A creeper with fragrant flowers
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
The chosen one
Boy/Male
Tamil
The king of gold
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Greek
Victorious; Good Victory
Boy/Male
Sikh
Enjoys cleanliness
Boy/Male
Slavic
Good ruler.
MICROBIAL MAT
MICROBIAL MAT
MICROBIAL MAT
MICROBIAL MAT
MICROBIAL MAT
a.
Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, the microbian theory; a microbian disease.
n.
A remedy promoting maturation; a maturant.
n.
The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass; maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan.
superl.
Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.
n.
One who brings to maturity.
n.
A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera.
n.
Alt. of Microbion
a.
Approaching maturity; as, maturing fruits; maturing notes of hand.
v. i.
To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
v. t.
To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
n.
The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Mature
imp. & p. p.
of Mature
a.
Of or pertaining to a microbe.
a.
Approaching maturity.
a.
Matutinal.
adv.
In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely.
a.
Matutinal.
n.
The state or quality of being mature; maturity.
superl.
Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.