USC Geobiology researchers are renowned for publishing in the best journals – one of the keys to success for developing scientists.


Recent USC Geobiology Publications

  • Finzi-Hart, JA, Pett-Ridge, J, Weber, PK, Popa, R, Fallon, SJ, Gunderson, T, Hutcheon, ID, Nealson, KH, Capone, DG, Fixation and fate of C and N in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium using nanometer-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry (vol 106, pg 6345, 2009) PNAS, 106 (24): 9931-9931 JUN 16 2009

  • W. Berelson, F. Corsetti, B. Johnson, T. Vo, C. Der, Carbonate-associated sulfate as a proxy for lake level fluctuations: a proof of concept for Walker Lake, Nevada, J Paleolimnol (2009) 42:25.36

  • M. S. Waters, M. Y. El-Naggar, L. Hsu, C. A. Sturm, A. Luttge, F. E. Udwadia, D. G. Cvitkovitch, S. D. Goodman, and K. H. Nealson, Simultaneous Interferometric Measurement of Corrosive or Demineralizing Bacteria and Their Mineral Interfaces, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2009, p. 1445-1449, Vol. 75, No. 5

  • Bhartia, R., Hug. W.F., Salas, E.C., Reid, R.D., Sijapati, K.K., Tsapin, A., Abbey, W., Conrad, P.G., Nealson, K.H., Lane, A.L. (2008) Classification of Organic and Biological Materials with Deep Ultraviolet Excitation. Applied Spectroscopy 62(10): 1070-1077

  • Orcutt, B., Meile, C. (2008) Constraints on mechanisms and rates of anaerobic oxidation of methane by microbial consortia: Process-based modeling of ANME-2 archaea and sulfate reducing bacteria interactions. Biogeosciences 5: 1587-1599.

  • Santelli, C., Orcutt, B., Banning, E., Bach, W., Moyer, C.L., Sogin, M., Staudigel, H., Edwards, K.J. (2008) Abundance and diversity of microbial life in the ocean crust. Nature 453: 653-656.

  • Toner, B.M., Fakra, S., Manganini, S.J, Santelli, C.M., Marcus, M.A., Moffett, J.W., Rouxel, O., German, C.R., Edwards, K.J. (2009) Preservation of iron(II) by carbon-rich matrices in a hydrothermal plume. Nature Geosciences DOI: 10.1038/NGEO433

  • Santelli, C.M., Edgcomb, V.P., Bach, W., Edwards, K.J. (2009) The diversity and abundance of bacteria inhabiting seafloor lavas posiively correlate with rock alteration. Environmental Microbiology 11(1): 86-98, DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01743.x

  • Toner, B.M., Santelli, C.M., Marcus, M.A., Wirth, R., Chan, C.S., McCollom, T., Bach, W., Edwards, K.J. (2008) Biogenic iron oxyhydroxidde formation at Mid-Ocean Ridge hdyrothermal vents: Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.09.035

  • Bailey, J. V., S. B. Joye, K.M. Kalanetra, B. E. Flood, F. C. Corsetti. Evidence of giant sulphur bacteria in Neoproterozoic phosphorites. Nature. 445:198-201.
  • Capone, D. G., R. Popa, B. Flood, K. H. Nealson. 2006. Follow the nitrogen. Science. 312:708-709.

  • Gorby, Y., S. Yanina, J.S. McLean, K.M. Rosso, D. Moyles, A. Dohnalkova, T.J. Beveridge, I-S. Chang, B-H. Kim, K-S. Kim, D.E. Culley, S.B. Reed, M.F. Romine, D.A. Saffarini, E.A. Hill, L. Shi, D.A. Elias, D.W. Kennedy, G. Pinchuk, D. Watanabe, S. Ishii, B. Logan, K.H. Nealson, and J.K. Fredrickson. 2006. Electrically conductive bacterial nanowires produced by Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 and other microorganisms. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103:11358-11363.

  • Hagadorn, J.W., X. Xiaqo, P.C.J. Donoghue, S. Bengtson, N.J. Gostling, M. Pawlowskaq, E.C. Raff, R.A. Raff, R. Turner, Y. Chongyu, C. Zhou, X. Yuan, M.B. McFeely, M. Stampanoni, and K. H. Nealson. 2006. Cellular and Subcellular Structure of Neoproterozoic Animal Embryos. Science 314: 291-294.

  • Inagaki, F., T. Nunoura, S. Nakagawa, A. Teske, M. Lever, A. Lauer, M. Suzuki, K. Takai, M. delwiche, F.S. Colwell, K.H. Nealson, K. Horikoshi, S. D’Hondt, and B.B. Jorgensen. 2006. Biogeographical distribution and diversity of microbes in methane hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments on the Pacific Ocean margin. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 103:2815-2820.

  • Nealson, K.H. 2006. Lakes of liquid CO2 in the deep sea. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 103:13903-13904.
  • Rusch, D.B., Halpern, A.L., Heidelberg, K.B., Sutton, G., Williamson, S., Yooseph, S., Wu, D., Eisen, J.A., Hoffman, J.M., Howard, C.H., Foote, C., Dill, B.A., Remington, K., Beeson, K. Tran, B., Smith, H., Baden-Tillson, H., Stewart, C., Thorpe, J., Freemen, J., Andrews-Pfannkoch, C., Venter, J.E., Li, K., Kravitz, S., Heidelberg, J.F., Utterback, T., Rogers, Y-H., Falcon, L.I., Souza, V., Bonilla, G., Eguiarte, L.E., Karl, D.M., Nealson, K., Sathyendranath, S., Platt, T., Bermingham, E., Gallardo, V., Tamayo, G., Ferrari, M.R., Friedman, R., Stausberg, R.L., Frazier, M., and Venter, J.C. 2007. The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific PLoS Biology 5(3):e77.doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050077.

  • Yang, X., Rodionov, D., C. Li, O.N. Laikova, M.S. Gelfand, O.P. Zagnitko, M.F. Romine, A.Y. Obraztsova, K.H. Nealson, and A.L. Osterman. 2006. Comparative genomics and experimental characterization of N-acetylglucosamine utilization pathway of Shewanella oneidensis. J. Biol. Chem. 281(40):29872-29875.