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The biomass and biodiversity of the continental subsurface by Magnabosco, C., Lin, L.-H., Dong, H., Bomberg, M., Ghiorse, W., Stan-Lotter, H., Pedersen, K., Kieft, T. L., van Heerden, E., Onstott, T. C.

“…Despite accounting for a significant portion of the Earth’s prokaryotic biomass, controls on the abundance and biodiversity of microorganisms residing in the…”
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86Kr excess and other noble gases identify a billion-year-old radiogenically-enriched groundwater system by Warr, O., Ballentine, C. J., Onstott, T. C., Nisson, D. M., Kieft, T. L., Hillegonds, D. J., Sherwood Lollar, B.

“…Deep within the Precambrian basement rocks of the Earth, groundwaters can sustain subsurface microbial communities, and are targets of investigation both for…”
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Does aspartic acid racemization constrain the depth limit of the subsurface biosphere? by Onstott, T. C., Magnabosco, C., Aubrey, A. D., Burton, A. S., Dworkin, J. P., Elsila, J. E., Grunsfeld, S., Cao, B. H., Hein, J. E., Glavin, D. P., Kieft, T. L., Silver, B. J., Phelps, T. J., van Heerden, E., Opperman, D. J., Bada, J. L.

“…Previous studies of the subsurface biosphere have deduced average cellular doubling times of hundreds to thousands of years based upon geochemical models. We…”
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Indigenous and contaminant microbes in ultradeep mines by Onstott, T. C., Moser, D. P., Pfiffner, S. M., Fredrickson, J. K., Brockman, F. J., Phelps, T. J., White, D. C., Peacock, A., Balkwill, D., Hoover, R., Krumholz, L. R., Borscik, M., Kieft, T. L., Wilson, R.

“…Summary Rock, air and service water samples were collected for microbial analyses from 3.2 kilometres depth in a working Au mine in the Witwatersrand basin,…”
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Dissimilatory Reduction of Fe(III) and Other Electron Acceptors by a Thermus Isolate by KIEFT, T. L, FREDRICKSON, J. K, GRAY, M. S, ONSTOTT, T. C, GORBY, Y. A, KOSTANDARITHES, H. M, BAILEY, T. J, KENNEDY, D. W, LI, S. W, PLYMALE, A. E, SPADONI, C. M

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Changes in ester-linked phospholipid fatty acid profiles of subsurface bacteria during starvation and desiccation in a porous medium by Kieft, T.L, Ringelberg, D.B, White, D.C

“…Ester-linked phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) profiles of a Pseudomonas aureofaciens strain and an Arthrobacter protophormiae strain, each isolated from a…”
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Workshop to develop deep-life continental scientific drilling projects by Kieft, T. L, Onstott, T. C, Ahonen, L, Aloisi, V, Colwell, F. S, Engelen, B, Fendrihan, S, Gaidos, E, Harms, U, Head, I, Kallmeyer, J, Kiel Reese, B, Lin, L.-H, Long, P. E, Moser, D. P, Mills, H, Sar, P, Schulze-Makuch, D, Stan-Lotter, H, Wagner, D, Wang, P.-L, Westall, F, Wilkins, M. J

“…The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) has long espoused studies of deep subsurface life, and has targeted fundamental questions…”
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Survival and phospholipid fatty acid profiles of surface and subsurface bacteria in natural sediment microcosms by Kieft, T.L. (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM.), Wilch, E, O'Connor, K, Ringelberg, D.B, White, D.C

“…Although starvation survival has been characterized for many bacteria, few subsurface bacteria have been tested, and few if any have been tested in natural…”
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Identification of iron-reducing Thermus strains as Thermus scotoductus by BALKWILL, D. L, KIEFT, T. L, TSUKUDA, T, KOSTANDARITHES, H. M, ONSTOTT, T. C, MACNAUGHTON, S, BOWNAS, J, FREDRICKSON, J. K

“…Thermus strain SA-01, previously isolated from a deep (3.2 km) South African gold mine, is closely related to Thermus strains NMX2 A.1 and VI-7 (previously…”
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Fluctuations in populations of subsurface methane oxidizers in coordination with changes in electron acceptor availability by Magnabosco, C, Timmers, P H A, Lau, M C Y, Borgonie, G, Linage-Alvarez, B, Kuloyo, O, Alleva, R, Kieft, T L, Slater, G F, van Heerden, E, Sherwood Lollar, B, Onstott, T C

“…The concentrations of electron donors and acceptors in the terrestrial subsurface biosphere fluctuate due to migration and mixing of subsurface fluids, but the…”
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Influence of the gas-water interface on transport of microorganisms through unsaturated porous media by Wan, J, Wilson, J.L, Kieft, T.L

“…In this article, a new mechanism influencing the transport of microorganisms through unsaturated porous media is examined, and a new method for directly…”
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Microscopic Physical Biomarkers in Carbonate Hot Springs: Implications in the Search for Life on Mars by Allen, Carlton C., Albert, Fred G., Chafetz, Henry S., Combie, Joan, Graham, Catherine R., Kieft, Thomas L., Kivett, Steven J., McKay, David S., Steele, Andrew, Taunton, Anne E., Taylor, Michael R., Thomas-Keprta, Kathie L., Westall, Frances

“…Physical evidence of life (physical biomarkers) from the deposits of carbonate hot springs were documented at the scale of microorganisms—submillimeter to…”
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Factors limiting microbial growth and activity at a proposed high-level nuclear repository, Yucca Mountain, Nevada by Kieft, T.L. (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico.), Kovacik, W.P. Jr, Ringelberg, D.B, White, D.C, Haldeman, D.L, Amy, P.S, Hersman, L.E

“…As part of the characterization of Yucca Mountain, Nev., as a potential repository for high-level nuclear waste, volcanic tuff was analyzed for microbial…”
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Microbiological comparisons within and across contiguous lacustrine, paleosol, and fluvial subsurface sediments by Kieft, T.L. (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM.), Fredrickson, J.K, McKinley, J.P, Bjornstad, B.N, Rawson, S.A, Phelps, T.J, Brockman, F.J, Pfiffner, S.M

“…Twenty-six subsurface samples were collected from a borehole at depths of 173.3 to 196.8 m in the saturated zone at the Hanford Site in south-central…”
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Microbial transport, survival, and succession in a sequence of buried sediments by Kieft, T.L. (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM.), Murphy, E.M, Haldeman, D.L, Amy, P.S, Bjornstad, B.N, McDonald, E.V, Ringelberg, D.B, White, D.C, Stair, J, Griffiths, R.P

“…Two chronosequences of unsaturated, buried loess sediments in age from 10,000 years to 1 million years, were investigated to reconstruct patterns of microbial…”
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Rapid detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by immunomagnetic separation and real-time PCR by Fu, Zhu, Rogelj, Snezna, Kieft, Thomas L.

“…A method combining immunomagnetic separation (IMS) and real-time (5′-nuclease) PCR was developed to detect Escherichia coli O157:H7. Monoclonal antibody…”
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Report of the COSPAR mars special regions colloquium by Kminek, G., Rummel, J.D., Cockell, C.S., Atlas, R., Barlow, N., Beaty, D., Boynton, W., Carr, M., Clifford, S., Conley, C.A., Davila, A.F., Debus, A., Doran, P., Hecht, M., Heldmann, J., Helbert, J., Hipkin, V., Horneck, G., Kieft, T.L., Klingelhoefer, G., Meyer, M., Newsom, H., Ori, G.G., Parnell, J., Prieur, D., Raulin, F., Schulze-Makuch, D., Spry, J.A., Stabekis, P.E., Stackebrandt, E., Vago, J., Viso, M., Voytek, M., Wells, L., Westall, F.

“…In this paper we present the findings of a COSPAR Mars Special Regions Colloquium held in Rome in 2007. We review and discuss the definition of Mars Special…”
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Post-Sampling Changes in Microbial Community Composition and Activity in a Subsurface Paleosol by F. J. Brockman, S. W. Li, Fredrickson, J. K., D. B. Ringelberg, T. L. Kieft, C. M. Spadoni, White, D. C., J. P. Mc Kinley

“…Laboratory storage of deep vadose zone sediments has previously resulted in an increase in the abundance of cultured microorganisms by as much as 10,000-fold,…”
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Characterization of biological ice nuclei from a lichen by Kieft, T.L. (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM), Ruscetti, T

“…Biological ice nuclei (active at approximately -4 degrees C) were extracted from cells of the lichen Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca by sonication. Sensitivity to…”
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The Distribution of Microbial Taxa in the Subsurface Water of the Kalahari Shield, South Africa by Gihring, T. M., Moser, D. P., Lin, L.-H., Davidson, M., Onstott, T. C., Morgan, L., Milleson, M., Kieft, T. L., Trimarco, E., Balkwill, D. L., Dollhopf, M. E.

“…Microbial communities within deep subsurface environments were analyzed by 16S rRNA gene cloning. Clone libraries from 27 borehole fluid, 7…”
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