The role of biology in planetary evolution: cyanobacterial primary production in low-oxygen Proterozoic oceans

Anoxygenic Photosynthesis Controls Oxygenic Photosynthesis in a Cyanobacterium from a Sulfidic Spring

(2015) Judith M. Klatt et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cyanobacterial Inhabitation on Archean Rock Surfaces in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

(2015) Yosuke Hoshino et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Methanogenesis produces strong13C enrichment in stromatolites of Lagoa Salgada, Brazil: a modern analogue for Palaeo-/Neoproterozoic stromatolites?

(2015) D. Birgel et al.   Geobiology

Growth of modern branched columnar stromatolites in Lake Joyce, Antarctica

(2015) T. J. Mackey et al.   Geobiology

Antarctic microbial mats: A modern analog for Archean lacustrine oxygen oases

(2015) Dawn Y. Sumner et al.   GEOLOGY

Biogeochemical formation of calyx-shaped carbonate crystal fans in the subsurface of the Early Triassic seafloor

(2015) Katrin Heindel et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Modulation of oxygen production in Archaean oceans by episodes of Fe(II) toxicity

(2015) Elizabeth D. Swanner et al.   Nature Geoscience

Reappraisal of hydrocarbon biomarkers in Archean rocks

(2015) Katherine L. French et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Benthic perspective on Earth’s oldest evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis

(2015) Stefan V. Lalonde et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterizing microbial communities and processes in a modern stromatolite (Shark Bay) using lipid biomarkers and two-dimensional distributions of porewater solutes

(2014) Anais Pagès et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Coupled reductive and oxidative sulfur cycling in the phototrophic plate of a meromictic lake

(2014) T. L. Hamilton et al.   Geobiology

The rise of oxygen in Earth’s early ocean and atmosphere

(2014) Timothy W. Lyons et al.   NATURE

Evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis half a billion years before the Great Oxidation Event

(2014) Noah J. Planavsky et al.   Nature Geoscience

Characterization of Cyanobacterial Hydrocarbon Composition and Distribution of Biosynthetic Pathways

(2014) R. Cameron Coates et al.   PLoS One

Functional type 2 photosynthetic reaction centers found in the rare bacterial phylum Gemmatimonadetes

(2014) Y. Zeng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Low Mid-Proterozoic atmospheric oxygen levels and the delayed rise of animals

(2014) N. J. Planavsky et al.   SCIENCE

The Meaning of Stromatolites

(2013) Tanja Bosak et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Quantifying the areal extent and dissolved oxygen concentrations of Archean oxygen oases

(2013) Stephanie L. Olson et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Uranium in iron formations and the rise of atmospheric oxygen

(2013) C.A. Partin et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Oxidation of Fe(II) leads to increased C-2 methylation of pentacyclic triterpenoids in the anoxygenic phototrophic bacteriumRhodopseudomonas palustrisstrain TIE-1

(2013) M. Eickhoff et al.   Geobiology

Atmospheric oxygenation three billion years ago

(2013) Sean A. Crowe et al.   NATURE

COVARIANCE OF MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES AND MICROBIALITE TEXTURES ACROSS AN UPPER MESOPROTEROZOIC CARBONATE PLATFORM

(2013) A. H. KNOLL et al.   PALAIOS

Manganese-oxidizing photosynthesis before the rise of cyanobacteria

(2013) J. E. Johnson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Community Structure and Function of High-Temperature Chlorophototrophic Microbial Mats Inhabiting Diverse Geothermal Environments

(2013) Christian G. Klatt et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Evidence for Only Oxygenative Cleavage of Aldehydes to Alk(a/e)nes and Formate by Cyanobacterial Aldehyde Decarbonylases

(2012) Ning Li et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Cyanobacterial life at low O2: community genomics and function reveal metabolic versatility and extremely low diversity in a Great Lakes sinkhole mat

(2012) A. A. VOORHIES et al.   Geobiology

Modeling the Habitat Range of Phototrophs in Yellowstone National Park: Toward the Development of a Comprehensive Fitness Landscape

(2012) Eric S. Boyd et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Ferruginous Conditions: A Dominant Feature of the Ocean through Earth's History

(2011) S. W. Poulton et al.   Elements

Biosynthesis of the biomarker okenone: χ-ring formation

(2011) K. VOGL et al.   Geobiology

Carotenoid biomarkers as an imperfect reflection of the anoxygenic phototrophic community in meromictic Fayetteville Green Lake

(2011) K. M. MEYER et al.   Geobiology

Millimeter-scale concentration gradients of hydrocarbons in Archean shales: Live-oil escape or fingerprint of contamination?

(2011) Jochen J. Brocks   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Community ecology of hot spring cyanobacterial mats: predominant populations and their functional potential

(2011) Christian G Klatt et al.   ISME Journal

Conversion of Fatty Aldehydes to Alka(e)nes and Formate by a Cyanobacterial Aldehyde Decarbonylase: Cryptic Redox by an Unusual Dimetal Oxygenase

(2011) Ning Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Aerobic bacterial pyrite oxidation and acid rock drainage during the Great Oxidation Event

(2011) Kurt O. Konhauser et al.   NATURE

Widespread iron-rich conditions in the mid-Proterozoic ocean

(2011) Noah J. Planavsky et al.   NATURE

Atmospheric oxygenation caused by a change in volcanic degassing pressure

(2011) Fabrice Gaillard et al.   NATURE

The transition to microbial photosynthesis in hot spring ecosystems

(2010) Alysia Cox et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Ancient Sulfur Cycling and Oxygenation of the Early Biosphere

(2010) T. W. Lyons et al.   Elements

Perchlorate Formation by Ozone Oxidation of Aqueous Chlorine/Oxy-Chlorine Species: Role of ClxOyRadicals

(2010) Balaji Rao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Atmospheric origins of perchlorate on Mars and in the Atacama

(2010) D. C. Catling et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Faint young Sun redux

(2010) James F. Kasting   NATURE

Metabolic streamlining in an open-ocean nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium

(2010) H. James Tripp et al.   NATURE

Rapid evolutionary innovation during an Archaean genetic expansion

(2010) Lawrence A. David et al.   NATURE

Nitrite-driven anaerobic methane oxidation by oxygenic bacteria

(2010) Katharina F. Ettwig et al.   NATURE

Spatial variability in oceanic redox structure 1.8 billion years ago

(2010) Simon W. Poulton et al.   Nature Geoscience

Identification of a methylase required for 2-methylhopanoid production and implications for the interpretation of sedimentary hopanes

(2010) P. V. Welander et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microbial Biosynthesis of Alkanes

(2010) A. Schirmer et al.   SCIENCE

Tracking Euxinia in the Ancient Ocean: A Multiproxy Perspective and Proterozoic Case Study

(2009) Timothy W. Lyons et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane: Progress with an Unknown Process

(2009) Katrin Knittel et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Rapid, oxygen-dependent microbial Mn(II) oxidation kinetics at sub-micromolar oxygen concentrations in the Black Sea suboxic zone

(2009) Brian G. Clement et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Fluctuations in Precambrian atmospheric oxygenation recorded by chromium isotopes

(2009) Robert Frei et al.   NATURE

The Mechanism of Iron Homeostasis in the Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and Its Relationship to Oxidative Stress

(2009) S. Shcolnick et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Anoxygenic photosynthesis modulated Proterozoic oxygen and sustained Earth's middle age

(2009) D. T. Johnston et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Late Archean Sulfidic Sea Stimulated by Early Oxidative Weathering of the Continents

(2009) C. T. Reinhard et al.   SCIENCE

Oceanic Euxinia in Earth History: Causes and Consequences

(2008) Katja M. Meyer et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Reassessing the first appearance of eukaryotes and cyanobacteria

(2008) Birger Rasmussen et al.   NATURE

Tracing the stepwise oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean

(2008) C. Scott et al.   NATURE

The rise of atmospheric oxygen

(2008) Lee R. Kump   NATURE

Evolutionary ecology during the rise of dioxygen in the Earth's atmosphere

(2008) N. H Sleep et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The biochemical basis for structural diversity in the carotenoids of chlorophototrophic bacteria

(2008) Julia A. Maresca et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Photoferrotrophs thrive in an Archean Ocean analogue

(2008) S. A. Crowe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cyanobacterial bacteriohopanepolyol signatures from cultures and natural environmental settings

(2007) Helen M. Talbot et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY