The production of diverse brGDGTs by an Acidobacterium providing a physiological basis for paleoclimate proxies

Y Chen, F Zheng, H Yang, W Yang, R Wu, X Liu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial lipid biomarkers preserved in geological archives can be used to explore past
climate changes. Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are unique …

BrGDGT-based quantitative reconstructions of paleotemperature in lakes: Regional vs. site-specific calibrations

J Wu, H Yang, C Shen, L Zhu, H Pei, X Dang… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are bacterial membrane lipids that
have been widely used as tools for the quantitative reconstruction of past terrestrial …

Production of diverse brGDGTs by Acidobacterium Solibacter usitatus in response to temperature, pH, and O2 provides a culturing perspective on brGDGT proxies …

TA Halamka, JH Raberg, JM McFarlin… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are bacterial membrane lipids that
are frequently employed as paleoenvironmental proxies because of the strong empirical …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarker-based quantitative constraints on maximal soil-derived brGDGTs in modern lake sediments

H Wang, W Chen, H Zhao, Y Cao, J Hu, Z Zhao… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are emerging as a powerful tool for
quantifying past terrestrial temperature variations. In lake sediments, mixed lacustrine vs …

[HTML][HTML] GDGT distribution in tropical soils and its potential as a terrestrial paleothermometer revealed by Bayesian deep-learning models

C Häggi, BDA Naafs, D Silvestro… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Branched and isoprenoidal glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (br-and isoGDGTs) are
membrane lipids produced by bacteria and archaea, respectively. These lipids form the …

Regional vs. global temperature calibrations for lacustrine BrGDGTs in the North American (sub) tropics: Implications for their application in paleotemperature …

Y Lei, DJ Strong, M Caballero, A Correa-Metrio… - Organic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) have shown great promise in
lacustrine temperature reconstructions across different continents. While brGDGTs have …

Pre-industrial Common Era temperature fluctuations in South China inferred based upon bacterial tetraether lipids from Lake Poyang

R Miao, H Yang, Q Leng, Y Chen, S **ao… - Quaternary Science …, 2025 - Elsevier
Quantifying past temperature changes during the Common Era (the past 2000 years) is
essential for assessing the rates, magnitudes, and consequences of different climate …

A brGDGT‐based reconstruction of terrestrial temperature from the Maritime Continent spanning the Last Glacial Maximum

MC Parish, X Du, S Bijaksana… - Paleoceanography and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The tropics exert enormous influence on global climate. Despite the importance of tropical
regions, the terrestrial temperature history in the Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool (IPWP) region …

[HTML][HTML] Soil pH and aridity influence distributions of branched tetraether lipids in grassland soils along an aridity transect

J Guo, T Ma, N Liu, X Zhang, H Hu, W Ma, Z Wang… - Organic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are membrane lipids of certain soil
bacteria, and their relative distributions are used as a proxy for air temperature and soil pH …

[HTML][HTML] Soil chemistry, temperature and bacterial community composition drive brGDGT distributions along a subarctic elevation gradient

R Halffman, J Lembrechts, D Radujković… - Organic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are bacterial membrane lipids
which can be used to reconstruct past terrestrial mean annual air temperature (MAAT) and …