Publications

2024

Publications in Journals (published and in press) [Total = 26]

Baker, I.R. and Girguis, P.R. 2024. Sulfur cycling likely obscures dynamic biologically‐driveniron redox cycling in contemporary methane seep environments. Env. Microbio. Reports 16, p.e13263. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.13263

Baker, I.R., Matzen, S.L., Schuler, C.J., Toner, B.M. and Girguis, P.R. 2023. Aerobic iron-oxidizing bacteria secrete metabolites that markedly impede abiotic iron oxidation. PNAS nexus, 2, pgad421. doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad421

Bire, S., T. Mittal, W. Kang, A. Ramadhan, P. Tuckman, A. Thurnherr, J. Marshall, 2023. Divergent behavior of hydrothermal plumes in fresh versus saline icy ocean worlds, JGR-Planets, doi:10.1029/2023JE007740.

Blackman, DK, S Talavera-Soza, R-J Hung, JA Collins, G Laske, Pacific seafloor in the 40-52 Myr old portion of the Molokai to Murray corridor, Mar. Geol., 2024. doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107246.

Elkassas, S., Serres, M., Richardson, D., Zhilina, T., Huber, J. 2024. Draft Genome Sequence of Methanocalculus natronophilus sp. strain Z-7105T, an Alkaliphilic, Methanogenic Archaeon Isolated from a Soda Lake. Microbiology Resource Announcements, in press.

Ely, T. Leong, J.A.M., Canovas, P.C III, and Shock, E. L. 2023. Huge variation in H2generation during seawater alteration of ultramafic rocks. Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst., 24, e2022GC010658. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GC010658.

Fisher, A. T., K. L. Dickerson, D. K. Blackman, N. Randolph-Flagg, C. R. German, and C. Sotin 2024. Sustaining hydrothermal circulation with gravity relevant to ocean worlds, JGR-Planets, in press.

Frates, E.S., Spietz, R.L., Silverstein, M.R., Girguis, P. Hatzenpichler, R. and Marlow, J.J. 2023. Natural and anthropogenic carbon input affect microbial activity in salt marsh sediment. Front.Microbiol. 14. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1235906.

Gulay, A., Fournier, G., Smets, B.F. and Girguis, P.R. 2023. Proterozoic Acquisition of Archaeal Genes for Extracellular Electron Transfer: A Metabolic Adaptation of Aerobic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria to Oxygen Limitation. Molec. Biol. & Evolution 40, msad161. doi:10.1093/molbev/msad161.

Hoehler, T.M., JP Amend, BB Jørgensen, VJ Orphan, MA Lever (2024), Studies on life at the energetic edge–from laboratory experiments to field-based investigations, volume II. Front.Microbiol. 14, p.1351761.

Hoehler, T.M., Mankel, D.J., Girguis, P.R., McCollom, T.M., Kiang, N.Y. and Jørgensen, B.B. 2023. The metabolic rate of the biosphere and its components. PNAS 120, e2303764120. doi:10.1073/pnas.2303764120.

Hu, S.K., Anderson, R.E., Pachiadaki, M.G., Edgcomb, V.P., Serres, M.H., Sylva, S.P., German, C.R., Seewald, J.S., Lang, S.Q., and Huber, J.A. 2024. Microbial eukaryotic predation pressure and biomass at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. ISME Journal 18. 10.1093/ismejo/wrae004.

Hu, S.K., Smith, A.R., Anderson, R.E., Sylva, S.P., Setzer, M., Steadmon, M., Frank, K.L., Chan, E.W., Lim, D.S.S., German, C.R., Breier, J.A., Lang, S.Q., Butterfield, D.A., Fortunato, C.S., Seewald, J.S., and Huber, J.A. 2022. Globally-distributed microbial eukaryotes exhibit endemism at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Molec. Ecol. 32, 6580-6598. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16745

Hwang, Y., Cornman, A.L., Kellogg, E.H., Ovchinnikov, S. and Girguis, P.R. 2024. Genomic language model predicts protein co-regulation and function. Nat. Comm. 15, p.2880. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46947-9.

Kanaan, G., TM Hoehler, G Iwahana, JW Deming 2023. Modeled energetics of bacterial communities in ancient subzero brines. Front. Microbiol. 14, p.1206641.

Kang W., 2023, The modulation effect of ice thickness variations on convection in icy ocean worlds. MNRAS 525, 5251-5261.

Kang W., 2024, Non Synchronized rotation of icy moon ice shell: the thermal wind perspective, Sci.Adv. 10, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk2277.

Mitchell, J.H. Adam H. Freedman, Jennifer A. Delaney, and Peter R. Girguis. Co-expression analysis reveals distinct alliances around two carbon fixation pathways in hydrothermal vent symbionts. Nat. Micro., in press.

Neveu, M., R.Quinn, L.M.Barge, K.L.Craft, C.R.German, S.Getty, C.Glein, M.Parra, A.S.Burton, F.Cary, A.Corpolongo, L.Fifer, A.Gangidine, D.Gentry, C.Georgiou, Z.Haddadin, C.Herbold, A.Inaba, S.F.Jordan, H.Kalucha, P.Klier, K.Knicely, A.Y.Li, P.McNally, M.Millan, N.Naz, C.G.Raj, P.Schroedl, J.Timm & Z.Yang. Future of the Search for Life: Workshop Report. Astrobiology 24,114-129, doi:10.1089/ast.2022.0158, 2024.

Randolph-Flagg, N., Ely, T., Som, S.M., Shock, E.L. German, C.R. and Hoehler, T.M. 2023. Phosphorous availability and implications for life on ocean worlds. Nat. Comm. 14, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37770-9.

Reynard, B. and C. Sotin, 2023. Carbon-rich icy moons and dwarf planets, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.612, pp.118172. ⟨10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118172⟩

Robinson, K.J., Hartnett, H., Gould, I., Shock, E. (2023) Ethene-ethanol ratios as potential indicators of hydrothermal activity at Enceladus, Europa, and other icy ocean worlds. Icarus 406, 115765.

Robinson, K., Seewald, J.S., Sylva, S.P., Fecteau, K.M. and Shock, E.L. (2024) Thermodynamic property estimations for aqueous primary, secondary, and tertiary alkylamines, benzylamines, and their corresponding aminiums across temperature and pressure are validated by measurements from experiments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 372, 62-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.03.013

Som, S., S Sevgen, A Suttle, J Bowman, B Schmidt, 2024.Thermodynamic predictions of hydrogen generation during the serpentinization of harzburgite with seawater-derived brines. Planet. Sci.J., in press.

Zhang, Y., W. Kang, J. Marshall, 2024. Ocean weather systems on icy moons, with application to Enceladus. Sci. Adv., in press.

Zhou, Z. Tran, P.Q., Adams, A.M., Kieft, K. Breier, J.A., Fortunato, C.F., Sheik, C.S., Huber, J.A., Li, M., Dick, G.J., and K. Anantharaman. 2023. Sulfur cycling connects microbiomes and biogeochemistry in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes. ISME Journal 17: 1194-1207.

2023

Hoehler, T.M., Mankel, D.J., Girguis, P.R., McCollom, T.M., Kiang, N.Y., and Jørgensen, B.B. The Metabolic Rate of the Biosphere and its Components. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.,120 (25) 2303764120, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2303764120, 2023.

Hwang, Y., Roux, S., Coclet, C., Krause, S.J. and Girguis, P.R. Viruses interact with hosts that span distantly related microbial domains in dense hydrothermal mats. Nat. Microbiol. 8, doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01347-5, 2023.

Liu, J., Harris, R. L., Ash, J. L., Ferry, J. G., Labidi, J., Krause, S. J. E., Prakash, D., Sherwood Lollar, B., Treude, T., Warr, O., and Young, E. D. Reversibility controls on extreme methane clumped isotope signatures from anaerobic oxidation of methane. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 348, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2023.02.022, 2023.

Milesi, V.P., E.Shock, J.S.Seewald, E.Trembath-Reichert, S.Sylva, J.A.Huber, D.S.S.Lim & C.R.German. Multiple parameters enable deconvolution of water-rock reaction paths in low-temperature vent-fluids of the Loihi Seamount. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 348, 54-67, doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.03.013, 2023.

Randolph-Flagg, N, T Ely, SM Som, EL Shock, CR German, TM Hoehler. Phosphate availability and implications for life on ocean worlds, Nat. Comms., 14, doi:10.1038/ s41467-023-37770-9, 2023.

Reynard, B. & C. Sotin. Carbon-rich icy moons and dwarf planets, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 612, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118172, 2023.

2022

Baker, I.R., Conley, B.E., Gralnick, J.A. and Girguis, P.R., 2022. Evidence for Horizontal and Vertical Transmission of Mtr-Mediated Extracellular Electron Transfer among the Bacteria. Mbio, 13(1), pp.e02904-21.

Bire, S., Kang, W., Ramadhan, A., Campin, J. M., & Marshall, J. (2022). Exploring Ocean Circulation on Icy Moons Heated From Below. JGR Planets, 127, e2021JE007025.

Daval D., G. Choblet, C. Sotin, F. Guyot (2022) Theoretical considerations on the characteristic timescales of hydrogen generation by serpentinization reactions on Enceladus. JGR Planets, 127, doi.org/10.1029/2021JE006995

German, C.R., Blackman, D.K., Fisher, A.T., Girguis, P.R., Hand, K.P., Hoehler, T.M., Huber, J.A., Marshall, J.C., Pietro, K.R., Seewald, J.S., Shock, E.L., Sotin, C., Thurnherr, A.M., Toner, B.M. (2022) Ocean system science to inform the exploration of ocean worlds. Oceanography DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2021.411

German, C.R. E.Reeves, A.Türke, A.Diehl, E.Albers, W.Bach, A.Purser, S.Ramalho, S.Suman, C.Mertens, M.Walter, E.Ramirez-Llodra, V.Schlindwein, S.Bünz and A.Boetius. Aurora hydrothermal field, Gakkel Ridge: neovolcanic hosted, ultramafic-influenced venting? Nat. Comms. 13, doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34014-0, 2022.

Hand, KP, AE Murray, JB Garvin, WB Brinckerhoff, B Christner, KE Edgett, B Ehlmann, C German, A Hayes, T Hoehler, et al (2022) Science goals and mission architecture of the Europa lander mission concept, Planetary Science Journal, 3, doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac4493.

Hoehler, T.M. (2022) Implications of H2-CO2 disequilibrium for life on Enceladus, Nature Astronomy, 6, 3-4.

Hoehler, T.M., J.S. Bowman, K.L. Craft, P.A. Willis, and D.P. Winebrenner (2022) Leveraging Earth hydrosphere science in the search for life on ocean worlds. Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.412.

Hwang, Y. and Girguis, P.R., 2022. Differentiated Evolutionary Strategies of Genetic Diversification in Atlantic and Pacific Thaumarchaeal Populations. Msystems, pp.e01477-21.

Jones, R., Nicholas, S.L., Northrup, P., Bostick, B.C., Hoffman, C.L., Hu, W., Lam, P.J., Leri, A., Northrup, P., Toner, B.M., and Twining, B.S. (2022) Characterization and Speciation of Marine Materials using Synchrotron Probes; Guidelines for New Users. Oceanography DOI:10.5670/oceanog.2022.207

Kang, W., Mittal, T., Bire, S., Campin, J.M. & Marshall, J. How does salinity shape ocean circulation and ice geometry on Enceladus and other icy satellites? Science Advances 8, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm4665, 2022.

Kang, W., Marshall, J., Mittal, T. & Bire, S. Ocean dynamics and tracer transport over the south pole geysers of Enceladus. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 517, 3485-3494, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2882, 2022.

MacKenzie, SM, M Neveu, AF Davila, JI Lunine, ML Cable, CM Phillips-Lander, JL Eigenbrode, JH Waite, KL Craft, JD Hofgartner, CP McKay, CR Glein, D Burton, SP Kounaves, RA Mathies, SD Vance, MJ Malaska, R Gold, CR German, KM Soderlund, P Willis, C Freissinet, A McEwen, JR Brucato, JP de Vera, TM Hoehler, and J Heldmann (2022) Science objectives for flagship-class mission concepts for the search for evidence of life at Enceladus, Astrobiology, 685-712. http://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2425.

Self, S., Randolph-Flagg, N.G., Bailey, J., Manga, M. (2022) Erosional columns in ignimbrite deposits around Valles caldera, New Mexico, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 426 (2022): 107536.

2021

Cadek, O., Kalousova K., Kvorka J. and Sotin C. (2021) The density structure of Titan's outer ice shell; Icarus, ‏364, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114466

Dick, J.M. and Shock, E.L. (2021) The release of energy during protein synthesis at ultramafic-hosted submarine hydrothermal ecosystems. JGR Biogeosciences 126, e2021JG006436.

Leong, J.A.M., Ely, T. and Shock, E.L. (2021) Decreasing extents of Archean serpentinization contributed to the rise of an oxidized atmosphere. Nat. Comms. 12, 7341.

Leprich, D.J., Flood, B.E., Schroedl, P.R., Ricci, E., Marlow, J.J., Girguis, P.R. and Bailey, J.V., 2021. Sulfur bacteria promote dissolution of authigenic carbonates at marine methane seeps. The ISME journal, 15(7), pp.2043-2056.

MacKenzie, S.M., Neveu, M., Davila, A.F., Lunine, J.I., Craft, K.L., Cable, M.L., Phillips-Lander, C.M., Hofgartner, J.D., Eigenbrode, J.L., Waite Jr, J.H., Glein, C.R., Gold, R., Greenauer, P.J., Kirby, KI., Bradburne, C., Kounaves, S.P., Malaska, M.J., Posterber, F., Wesley Patterson, G., Porco, C., Núñez, J.I., German, C., Huber, J.A., McKay, C.P., de Vera, J-P. Brucato, J.R., and L.J. Spiler. 2021. The Enceladus Orbilander mission concept: Balancing return and resources in the search for life. Planetary Science Journal. 2:77.

Ray, C, C Glein, J Waite, B Teolis, T Hoehler, J Huber, J Lunine, and F Postberg (2021) Oxidation processes diversify the metabolic menu on Enceladus, Icarus, 364: 114248.

Robinson, K.J., Bockisch, C., Gould, I.R., Liao, Y., Yang, Z., Glein, C.R., Shaver, G.D., Hartnett, H.E., Williams, L.B., and Shock, E.L. (2021) Quantifying the extent of amide bond synthesis across geologic conditions relevant to geologic and planetary environments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 300, 318-332.

Robinson, K.J., Gould, I.R., Hartnett, H.E., Williams, L.B. and Shock, E. L. (2021) Hydrothermal experiments with protonated benzylamines provide predictions of deamination rates across temperature for geochemical modeling. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry 5, 1997-2012.

Smith, H.H., Hyde, A.S., Simkus, D.N., Libby, E., Maurer, S.E., Graham, H.V., Kempes, C.P., Sherwood Lollar, B., Chou, L., Ellington, A.D. and Fricke, G.M., 2021. The grayness of the origin of life. Life, 11(6), p.498.

Sotin C., Kalousova K., & Tobie G. (2021), Titan's Interior Structure and Dynamics After the Cassini-Huygens Mission, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 49.

2020

Cable M, M Neveu, H Hsu, and T Hoehler (2020) Enceladus. In Planetary Astrobiology (V. Meadows et al., eds.), pp. 217–246. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, DOI: 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816540068-ch009.

Hand, K.P., Bartlett, D. H., Fryer, P., Peoples, L., Williford, K., Hofmann, A. E., & Cameron, J. (2020). Discovery of novel structures at 10.7 km depth in the Mariana Trench may reveal chemolithoautotrophic microbial communities. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 103238.

Hand K.P., Sotin C., Hayes A., and Coustenis A. (2020) On the Habitability and Future Exploration of Ocean Worlds; Space Science Reviews, 216, 5, 95, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00713-7.

Li, J., Mara, P., Schubotz, F., Sylvan, J., Burgaud, G., Klein, F., Beaudoin, D, Wee, S.-Y., Dick, H., Lott, S., Cox, R., Meyer, L.A.E., Quémenar, M., Blackman, D., Edgcomb, V.P. (2020) Recycling and metabolic flexibility dictate life in the lower oceanic crust, Nature 579, 250-255, doi: 10.1039s41586-020-2075-5.

Neri A , Guyot F., Reynard B. and Sotin C. (2020) A carbonaceous chondrite and cometary origin for icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn; Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 530, 11592.

Highlighted publications

Randolph-Flagg, N., Ely, T., Som, S.M., Shock, E.L. German, C.R. and Hoehler, T.M. 2023. Phosphorous availability and implications for life on ocean worlds. Nat. Comm. 14, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37770-9.

Fisher, A. T., Dickerson, K. L., Blackman,D. K., Randolph‐Flagg, N. G., German,C. R., & Sotin, C. (2024). Sustaininghydrothermal circulation with gravityrelevant to ocean worlds. Journal ofGeophysical Research: Planets, 129,e2023JE008202. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008202

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