title: Editorial: Systems Biology and Ecology of Microbial Mat Communities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Queens College of The City University of New York New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Martin G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Klotz
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State UniversityBozeman, MT, USA.
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.affiliation: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Jim K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Fredrickson
authors.affiliation: Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University Bozeman, MT, USA.
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Inskeep
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen Helsingør, Denmark.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kühl
keywords: chemotrophy; diel cycling; metabolomics; metagenomics; microbial mats; microsensors; photosynthesis; proteomics