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[32] Bird. L., Kuenen, G., Osburn, M.R., Tomioka, N., Ishii, S., Barr C., Nealson, K., and Suzuki, S., (2021) Serpentinimonas gen. nov., Serpentinimonas raichei sp. nov., Serpentinimonas barnesii sp. nov. and Serpentinimonas maccroryi sp. nov., hyperalkaliphilic and facultative autotrophic bacteria isolated from terrestrial serpentinizing springs. IJSEM 71 (8), 1-10, doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004945
[31] Wyman, D.A., Conroy, J.L., Osburn, M.R., Atwood, A.R., (2021) Coherent drying across the central Pacific over the last millennium. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36 (7), 1-15, doi.org/10.1029/2021PA004311
[30] Selensky, M.*, Masterson, A., Blank, J., Lee, S.**, Osburn, M.R., (2021) Stable Carbon Isotope Depletions in Lipid Biomarkers Suggest Subsurface Carbon Fixation in Lava Caves. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 126 (7), https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006430
[29] Casar, C.P.*, Kruger, B.R., Osburn, M.R., (2021) Rock-hosted subsurface biofilms: mineral selectivity drives hotspots for intraterrestrial life. Frontiers in Microbiology, doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.658988
[28] Phillips, A.A., Speth, D.R., Miller, L.G., Wang, X.T., Wu, F., Medeiros, P.M., Monteverde, D.R., Osburn, M.R., Berelson, W.M., Betts, H.L., Wijker, R.S., Mullin, S.W., Johnson, H.A., Orphan, V.J., Fischer, W.W., Geobiology Course 2017, Geobiology Course 2018, Sessions, A.L., (2021) Microbial succession and dynamics in meromictic Mono Lake, CA, Geobiology 19 (4), 376-393, doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12437
[27] Rowe, A.R., Abuyen, K., Lam, B.B., Kruger, B., Casar, C.P.*, Osburn, M.R., El-Naggar, M.Y., Amend, J.P., (2021) Electrochemical evidence for in situ microbial activity at the Deep Mine Microbial Observatory (DeMMO), South Dakota, USA. Geobiology 19 (2), 173 – 188, doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12420
[26] Dion-Kirschner, H.**, McFarlin, J.M.*, Masterson, A.L., Axford, Y., Osburn, M.R., (2020) Modern constraints on the sources and climate signals recorded by sedimentary plant waxes in west Greenland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 286, 336-354, doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.07.027
[25] Puleo, P.J.K.**, Axford, Y., McFarlin, J.M.*, Curry, B.B., Barklage, M., Osburn, M.R., (2020) Late glacial and Holocene paleoenvironments in the midcontinent United States, inferred from Geneva Lake leaf wax, ostracode valve, and bulk sediment chemistry. Quaternary Science Reviews 241, 106384, doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106384
[24] Casar, C.P.*, Kruger, B.R., Flynn, T.M., Masterson, A.L., Momper, L.M.^, Osburn, M.R., (2020) Mineral-hosted biofilm communities in the continental deep subsurface, Deep Mine Microbial Observatory, SD, USA. Geobiology 18, 1-15, doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12391
[23] McFarlin, J.M.*, Axford, Y., Masterson, A.L., Osburn, M.R., (2019) Calibration of modern sedimentary δ2H plant wax-water relationships in Greenland lakes. Quaternary Science Reviews 225, 1-14, doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105978
[22] Osburn, M.R., Kruger, M., Masterson, A., Casar, C.*, Amend, J., (2019) Establishment of the Deep Mine Microbial Observatory (DeMMO), South Dakota, USA, a geochemically stable portal into the deep subsurface. Frontiers in Earth Science 7, 1-17, doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00196
[21] Lollar, G., Warr, O., Telling, J., Osburn, M., Sherwood Lollar, B., (2019) ‘Follow the Water’: Hydrogeochemical constraints on microbial investigations 2.4 km below surface at the Kidd Creek Deep Fluid and Deep Life Observatory. Geomicrobiology Journal 36, 1-14, doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2019.1641770
[20] Meyer-Dombard, D.R., Osburn, M.R., Cardace, D., Arcilla, C.A., (2019) The effect of a tropical climate on available nutrient resources to springs in ophiolite-hosted, deep biosphere ecosystems in the Philippines. Frontiers in Microbiology 10, 1-19. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00761
[19] Lang, S.Q., Osburn, M.R., Steen, A.D., (2019) Chapter 16: Carbon in the deep biosphere: Forms, fates, and biogeochemical cycling. Whole Earth Carbon: Past to Present, edited by Orcutt, B.N., Daniel, I., and Dasgupta, R. Invited contribution for Cambridge University Press. 480-523, doi.org/10.1017/9781108677950
[18] Stamenkovic V., Beegle L. W., Zacny K., … Osburn M.R., … (2019) The next frontier for planetary and human exploration. Nature Astronomy 3, 116-120. doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0676-9
[17] Andrews, M.G.*, Jacobson, A.D., Osburn, M.R., Flynn, T.M., (2018) Dissolved carbon dynamics in meltwaters from the Russell Glacier, Greenland Ice Sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2018JG004458
[16] McFarlin, J.M.*, Axford, Y., Osburn, M.R., Kelly, M., Osterberg, E., Farnsworth, L. (2018) Pronounced summer warming in northwest Greenland during the Holocene and Last Interglacial. PNAS 115, 6357-6362, doi/10.1073/pnas.1720420115
[15] Chang, R., Bird, L., Barr, C., Wilbanks, E., Osburn, M., Nealson, K., Rowe, A. Thioclava electrotrophica sp. nov., a versatile electrode and sulfur oxidizing bacterium from marine sediments. IJSEM, 68: 1652-1658, doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002723
[14] Johnson, D.B.*, Beddows, P., Flynn, T., Osburn, M.R. 2017. Microbial diversity and biomarker analysis of modern freshwater microbialites from Laguana Bacalar, Mexico, Geobiology 16, 319-337
[13] Momper, L., Brandi Kiel Reese, B., Zinke, L., Wanger, G., Osburn, M.R., Moser, D, and Amend, J.P., 2017. Major phylum-level differences between porefluid and host rock bacterial communities in the terrestrial deep subsurface, Environmental Microbiology Reports,9, 501-511.
[12] Hardisty, D. S., Lu, Z., Bekker, A., Diamond, C. W., Gill, B. C., Jiang, G., Kah, L. C., Knoll, A. H., Loyd, S. J., Osburn, M. R., Planavsky, N. J., Wang, C., Zhou, X., and Lyons, T. W., 2017. Iodine constraints on Proterozoic shallow ocean redox and their biological implications. EPSL 463, 159-170
[11] Osburn, M. R., Dawson, K. S., Fogel, M. L., & Sessions, A. L., 2016. Fractionation of Hydrogen Isotopes by Sulfate- and Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 7, 318–316.
[10] Kublanov, I.V., Osburn, M.R., Toshchakov, S.V., Novikov, A.A., Bonch-Osmolovskaya, E.A., Perevalova, A.A., Kochetkova, T.V., 2016. Thermogladius calderae gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, hyperthermophilic crenarchaeote from a Kamchatka hot spring. IJSEM 66, 1407–1412.
[9] Dawson, K.S., Osburn, M.R., Sessions, A.L. and Orphan, V.J., 2015. Metabolic associations with archaea drive shifts in hydrogen isotope fractionation in sulfate-reducing bacterial lipids in co-cultures and methane seeps. Geobiology 13, 462-477. Link to ResearchGate
[8] Osburn, Magdalena, LaRowe, Douglas E., Momper, Lily, Amend, Jan P. Chemolithoautotrophy in the continental deep subsurface biosphere: Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), USA. Frontiers in Extreme Microbiology, dii: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00610, 2014 Link to ResearchGate
[7] Osburn, Magdalena R., Owens, Jeremy Bergmann, Kristin D., Grotzinger, John P., and Lyons, Timothy W. Dynamic changes in sulfate isotopes preceding the Ediacaran Shuram Excursion. Geochimica et Cosmochmica Acta 170, 204-224. 2015 Link to ResearchGate
[6] Osburn, Magdalena, Grotzinger, J., Bergmann, KB., 2013 Stratigraphic characterization of an Ediacaran aged carbonate ramp: Khufai Formation, Sultanate of Oman. AAPG Bulletin 98, 1631-1667. Link to ResearchGate
[5] Meyer-Dombard, Amend, J.P., Osburn, Magdalena R., 2013. Microbial diversity and potential for arsenic and iron biogeochemical cycling at an arsenic rich, shallow-sea hydrothermal vent (Tutum Bay, Papua New Guinea). Chemical Geology 348, 37. Link to ResearchGate
[4] Osburn, Magdalena R., Alex L. Sessions, Charles Pepe-Ranney, John R. Spear, 2011. Hydrogen-isotopic variability in fatty acids from Yellowstone National Park hot spring microbial communities. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 75, 4830.
[3] Osburn, Magdalena R., Amend, J.P., 2011. Thermogladius shockii gen. nov., sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic crenarchaeote from Yellowstone National Park, USA. Archives of Microbiology 193, 45. Link to ResearchGate
[2] Timmer, R., Woodward, L., Kempter, K., Kelley, S., Osburn, R., Osburn, M., Buffler, R., and Lawrence, J.R. 2006, Preliminary geologic map of the Jarosa quadrangle, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 128, scale 1:24,000. Link to ResearchGate
[1] Kelley, S., Osburn, G.R., Ferguson, C., Kempter, K., and Osburn, M., 2004, Preliminary geologic map of the Seven Springs 7.5-minute quadrangle, Sandoval County, New Mexico, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-file Geologic Map OF-GM 88, scale 1:24,000. Link to ResearchGate
Manuscripts Submitted or In Revision
Osburn, M.R., Casar, C.P.*, Kruger, B., Momper, L.M.^, Flynn, T, and Amend, J.P., A Timeseries of intraterrestrial microbial ecology in borehole fluids from the Deep Mine Microbial Observatory, SD USA, bioRxiv
McFarlin, J.M.*, Axford, Y.A, Kusch, S., Osburn M.R., Holocene warming drove long-term methane increases in lakes across Greenland, In Review Nature Geoscience
Momper, L.M.^, Casar, C.P.*, and Osburn, M.R., A metagenomic view of novel microbial and metabolic diversity found within the deep terrestrial biosphere. In review for Environmental Microbiology bioRxiv