1721--Brückmann -- treatise on oolites--transition by  Burne 2012

1879-Sorby--THE STRUCTURE AND ORIGIN OF LIMESTONES--oolitic grains are of chemical origin-

1967-AITKEN--CLASSIFICATION AND--- proposed the term thrombolite

1973-Fogg--The Blue-green Algae

1987-Burne et al--Microbialites---proposed the term Microbialites-

1991-Wu--Organisms and communities of Permian reefs of Xiangbo, China-Calcisponges • Hydrozoans • Bryozoans • Algae • M icroproblematiCa

1999-Kershaw et al--A microbialite carbonate crust at the Permian–Triassic boundary-

2003-Reid et al--Shark Bay Stromatolites---Shark Bay-

2005-Ya-Sheng Wu--Conodonts, Reef Evolution, and Mass Extinction across Permian-Triassic Boundary-

2006-Riding--Cyanobacterial calcification, carbon dioxide concentrating

2011-Riding--MICROBIALITES, STROMATOLITE-

2011-Dupraz--MICROBIALITES, MODERN---encyclopedia-

2012-Arp--Photosynthesis versus Exopolymer Degradation---Kiribati modern thrombolite--

2014-Jones--Multiphase calcification associated--

2014-Wu et al--Cyanobacterial fossils from 252 Ma old-microbialites---P-T boundary castolite-

2016-Suosaari--New multi-scale perspectives on the stromatolites of Shark Bay-

2016-Fedorchuk et al--Early Non-marine life---Stromatolite-

2021-Wu et al--Microfabric Features of Microbial carbonates---proposed term mold hole

2022-Wu & Jiang--3.7 Ge old microbialites-