Serial pictures of sulfur-turf microbial mat development on the surface of stone in a sand-trap dam in the Nakabusa hot spring, Japan. These pictures show that a white filamentous bacterial mat gradually developed along the hot water stream within a limited temperature range of 66 to 72°C.
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