Tapping the Subsurface Ocean Crust Biosphere: Low Biomass and Drilling-Related Contamination Calls for Improved Quality Controls

Subseafloor Ocean Crust Microbial Observatories: Development of FLOCS (FLow-through Osmo Colonization System) and Evaluation of Borehole Construction Materials

(2010) Beth Orcutt et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

3.5 billion years of glass bioalteration: Volcanic rocks as a basis for microbial life?

(2008) Hubert Staudigel et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

The diversity and abundance of bacteria inhabiting seafloor lavas positively correlate with rock alteration

(2008) Cara M. Santelli et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Fluids from the Oceanic Crust Support Microbial Activities within the Deep Biosphere

(2008) Bert Engelen et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

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

Prokaryotic diversity, distribution and insights into their role in biogeochemical cycling in marine basalts

(2008) Olivia U Mason et al.   ISME Journal

Abundance and diversity of microbial life in ocean crust

(2008) Cara M. Santelli et al.   NATURE

Metagenomic signatures of the Peru Margin subseafloor biosphere show a genetically distinct environment

(2008) J. F. Biddle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA