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(A) Cryo-SEM image of rod-shaped microbial cells (arrows) attached to a fractured mineral surface within Z2 of Finn. Similar morphologies were observed by epifluorescence microscopy. (B) EDS spectra indicated that cells were coated with silica (SiO2). Scale bar = 10 μm.