Methyl-compound use and slow growth characterize microbial life in 2-km-deep subseafloor coal and shale beds

Exploration of cultivable fungal communities in deep coal-bearing sediments from ∼1.3 to 2.5 km below the ocean floor

(2017) Chang-Hong Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial community assembly and evolution in subseafloor sediment

(2017) Piotr Starnawski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Predominance of Viable Spore-Forming Piezophilic Bacteria in High-Pressure Enrichment Cultures from ~1.5 to 2.4 km-Deep Coal-Bearing Sediments below the Ocean Floor

(2017) Jiasong Fang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Application of Stochastic Labeling with Random-Sequence Barcodes for Simultaneous Quantification and Sequencing of Environmental 16S rRNA Genes

(2017) Tatsuhiko Hoshino et al.   PLoS One

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(2016) Bo Barker Jørgensen et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Limited reduction of ferrihydrite encrusted by goethite in freshwater sediment

(2016) S. Kikuchi et al.   Geobiology

Thermal properties and thermal structure in the deep-water coalbed basin off the Shimokita Peninsula, Japan

(2016) Wataru Tanikawa et al.   MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

Tracing the production and fate of individual archaeal intact polar lipids using stable isotope probing

(2016) Matthias Y. Kellermann et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Methane production from coal by a single methanogen

(2016) D. Mayumi et al.   SCIENCE

Microbial Sulfate Reduction Potential in Coal-Bearing Sediments Down to ~2.5 km below the Seafloor off Shimokita Peninsula, Japan

(2016) Clemens Glombitza et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Heavy water and15N labelling with NanoSIMS analysis reveals growth rate-dependent metabolic heterogeneity in chemostats

(2015) Sebastian H. Kopf et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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(2015) D. Gross et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY

Presence of oxygen and aerobic communities from sea floor to basement in deep-sea sediments

(2015) Steven D’Hondt et al.   Nature Geoscience

Trace incorporation of heavy water reveals slow and heterogeneous pathogen growth rates in cystic fibrosis sputum

(2015) Sebastian H. Kopf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to  2.5 km below the ocean floor

(2015) F. Inagaki et al.   SCIENCE

Intact preservation of environmental samples by freezing under an alternating magnetic field

(2015) Yuki Morono et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

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Gas chromatographic analysis of methanol and ethanol in marine sediment pore waters: Validation and implementation of three pretreatment techniques

(2014) Guang-Chao Zhuang et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

A review of prokaryotic populations and processes in sub-seafloor sediments, including biosphere:geosphere interactions

(2014) R. John Parkes et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Tracking heavy water (D2O) incorporation for identifying and sorting active microbial cells

(2014) David Berry et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An improved cell separation technique for marine subsurface sediments: applications for high-throughput analysis using flow cytometry and cell sorting

(2013) Yuki Morono et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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(2013) William D. Orsi et al.   NATURE

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(2013) Tori M. Hoehler et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The SILVA and “All-species Living Tree Project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks

(2013) Pelin Yilmaz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Assessing sub-seafloor microbial activity by combined stable isotope probing with deuterated water and 13C-bicarbonate

(2012) Gunter Wegener et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Look@NanoSIMS - a tool for the analysis of nanoSIMS data in environmental microbiology

(2012) Lubos Polerecky et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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(2012) Bente Aa. Lomstein et al.   NATURE

The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools

(2012) Christian Quast et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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Biogeochemistry of Microbial Coal-Bed Methane

(2011) Dariusz Strąpoć et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Cultivation of methanogenic community from subseafloor sediments using a continuous-flow bioreactor

(2011) Hiroyuki Imachi et al.   ISME Journal

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(2011) Y. Morono et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The biogeochemistry of sorbed methane in marine sediments

(2010) Tobias F. Ertefai et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Characterisation of a microbial community associated with a deep, coal seam methane reservoir in the Gippsland Basin, Australia

(2010) David J. Midgley et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COAL GEOLOGY

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(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

Sulfate-reducing bacteria in marine sediment (Aarhus Bay, Denmark): abundance and diversity related to geochemical zonation

(2009) Julie Leloup et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Geobiological investigations using secondary ion mass spectrometry: microanalysis of extant and paleo-microbial processes

(2009) V. J. ORPHAN et al.   Geobiology

Hydrogen isotopic fractionation in lipid biosynthesis by H2-consuming Desulfobacterium autotrophicum

(2009) Brian J. Campbell et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Prokaryotic Populations and Activities in an Interbedded Coal Deposit, Including a Previously Deeply Buried Section (1.6–2.3 km) Above ∼ 150 Ma Basement Rock

(2009) John C. Fry et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

Subseafloor sedimentary life in the South Pacific Gyre

(2009) Steven D'Hondt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Large D/H variations in bacterial lipids reflect central metabolic pathways

(2009) X. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Constant Flux of Diverse Thermophilic Bacteria into the Cold Arctic Seabed

(2009) C. Hubert et al.   SCIENCE

Methane-Producing Microbial Community in a Coal Bed of the Illinois Basin

(2008) D. Strapoc et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microbiological Assessment of Circulation Mud Fluids During the First Operation of Riser Drilling by the Deep-Earth Research VesselChikyu

(2008) Noriaki Masui et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

Significant contribution of Archaea to extant biomass in marine subsurface sediments

(2008) Julius S. Lipp et al.   NATURE

Methanogenic archaea: ecologically relevant differences in energy conservation

(2008) Rudolf K. Thauer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY