Which of the following statements is true regarding microbial mats?

A. They contain archaeons.
B. They contain oxygenic photosynthetic
bacteria.
C. They contain anoxygenic photosynthetic
bacteria.
D. Sunlight does not reach microbial mat
levels inhabited by chemoautotrophs.
E. All of these answer options are correct.


E

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