The search for chiral asymmetry as a potential biosignature in our solar system

DP Glavin, AS Burton, JE Elsila, JC Aponte… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The search for evidence of extraterrestrial life in our Solar System is currently guided by our
understanding of terrestrial biology and its associated biosignatures. The observed …

Microbial production of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), from lab to the shelf: A review

SY Jo, SH Lim, JY Lee, J Son, JI Choi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are natural biopolyesters produced by microorganisms that
represent one of the most promising candidates for the replacement of conventional plastics …

3. Fractionation of carbon and hydrogen isotopes in biosynthetic processes

JM Hayes - Stable isotope geochemistry, 2018 - degruyter.com
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Sedimentary Hydrocarbons

JJ Brocks, RE Summons - Biogeochemistry, 2005 - books.google.com
Sedimentary Hydrocarbons Page 103 8.03 Sedimentary Hydrocarbons, Biomarkers for
Early Life JJ Brocks Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA and RE Summons …

Temporal metatranscriptomic patterning in phototrophic Chloroflexi inhabiting a microbial mat in a geothermal spring

CG Klatt, Z Liu, M Ludwig, M Kühl, SI Jensen… - The ISME …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Filamentous anoxygenic phototrophs (FAPs) are abundant members of microbial mat
communities inhabiting neutral and alkaline geothermal springs. Natural populations of …

Carbon isotopic compositions of prokaryotic lipids as tracers of carbon cycling in diverse settings

RD Pancost, JSS Damsté - Chemical Geology, 2003 - Elsevier
Recent work has highlighted the ubiquity of bacteria and archaea and continues to affirm
their significance in diverse biogeochemical processes. The δ13C values and distributions …

[PDF][PDF] Biogeochemical signatures through time as inferred from whole microbial genomes

AL Zerkle, CH House, SL Brantley - American Journal of Science, 2005 - researchgate.net
Throughout geologic time, a strong feedback has existed between the geosphere and the
biosphere; therefore biological evolution and innovation can be linked to the evolution of …

Stable carbon isotopic fractionations associated with inorganic carbon fixation by anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria

S Schouten, M Strous, MMM Kuypers… - Applied and …, 2004 - journals.asm.org
ABSTRACT Isotopic analyses of Candidatus “Brocadia anammoxidans,” a
chemolithoautotrophic bacterium that anaerobically oxidizes ammonium (anammox), show …

Carbon isotopic composition of branched tetraether membrane lipids in soils suggest a rapid turnover and a heterotrophic life style of their source organism (s)

JWH Weijers, GLB Wiesenberg, R Bol… - …, 2010 - bg.copernicus.org
Branched Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraethers (GDGTs) are membrane spanning lipids
synthesised by as yet unknown bacteria that thrive in soils and peat. In order to obtain more …

Identification and carbon isotope composition of a novel branched GDGT isomer in lake sediments: Evidence for lacustrine branched GDGT production

Y Weber, C De Jonge, WIC Rijpstra… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are bacterial membrane lipids that
occur ubiquitously in soils and lacustrine sediments and have great potential as proxy …