Modified Lipid Extraction Methods for Deep Subsurface Shale [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 Growing interest in the utilization of black shales for hydrocarbon development and environmental applications has spurred investigations of microbial functional diversity in the deep subsurface shale ecosystem.
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Editorial: Deep subsurface microbiology and energetics. [PDF]
Front MicrobiolRobador A, Brazelton WJ, Bradley JA.
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E3S Web of Conferences, 2016 Life extends far deeper into the Earth's subsurface than presumed possible 30 years ago. In the past, it was assumed that life is a surface phenomenon, and that even “hardy prokaryotic types” are not capable of living deeper than tens of meters below the
Galès Grégoire, Erauso Gaël
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Metalliferous Biosignatures for Deep Subsurface Microbial Activity [PDF]
Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 2015 Acknowledgments We thank the British Geological Survey (BGS) for the provision of samples and the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) grant (ST/L001233/1) for PhD funding which aided this project.
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Shewanella sp. T2.3D-1.1 a Novel Microorganism Sustaining the Iron Cycle in the Deep Subsurface of the Iberian Pyrite Belt [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) is one of the largest deposits of sulphidic minerals on Earth. Río Tinto raises from its core, presenting low a pH and high metal concentration.
Guillermo Mateos +7 more
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The potential for coupled organic and inorganic sulfur cycles across the terrestrial deep subsurface biosphere [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsOrganosulfur compounds (OrgS) are fundamental components of life’s biomass, yet the cycling of these compounds in the terrestrial deep subsurface, one of Earth’s largest ecosystems, has gone relatively unexplored.
Amanda C. Patsis +4 more
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An Ionic Limit to Life in the Deep Subsurface. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2019 The physical and chemical factors that can limit or prevent microbial growth in the deep subsurface are not well defined. Brines from an evaporite sequence were sampled in the Boulby Mine, United Kingdom between 800 and 1300 m depth.
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Microbial Diversity in Deep-Subsurface Hot Brines of Northwest Poland: from Community Structure to Isolate Characteristics. [PDF]
Appl Environ Microbiol, 2020 Deep-subsurface aquifers, buried thousands of meters down the Earth’s crust, belong to the most underexplored microbial habitats. Although a few studies revealed the existence of microbial life at the depths, the knowledge about the microbial life in the
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Microbial ecology of the deep terrestrial subsurface
The ISME JournalThe terrestrial subsurface hosts microbial communities that, collectively, are predicted to comprise as many microbial cells as global surface soils. Although initially thought to be associated with deposited organic matter, deep subsurface microbial ...
Rachel C. Beaver, Josh D Neufeld
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Deep-Subsurface Pressure Stimulates Metabolic Plasticity in Shale-Colonizing Halanaerobium spp. [PDF]
Appl Environ Microbiol, 2019 The hydraulic fracturing of deep-shale formations for hydrocarbon recovery accounts for approximately 60% of U.S. natural gas production. Microbial activity associated with this process is generally considered deleterious due to issues associated with ...
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