Publications

• Putman, LI, Sabuda, MC, Brazelton, WJ, Kubo, MD, Hoehler, TM, McCollom, T, Cardace, D, Schrenk, MO. (2021) Microbial communities in a serpentinizing aquifer are assembled through strong concurrent dispersal limitation and selection. mSystems. 6(5), e00300-21. Published, 09/2021.
• Sabuda, MC, Putman, LI, Hoehler, TM, Kubo, MD, Brazelton, WJ, Cardace, D, Schrenk, MO. (2021) Biogeochemical Gradients in a Serpentinization-influenced Aquifer: Implications for Gas Exchange between the Subsurface and Atmosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 126(8), e2020JG006209. Published, 07/2021.
• Lang, SQ, Lilley, MD, Baumberger, T, Früh-Green, GL, Walker, SL, Brazelton, WJ, Kelley, DS, Elend, M, Butterfield, DA, Mau, AJ. (2021) Extensive decentralized hydrogen export from the Atlantis Massif. Geology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G48322.1. Published, 04/2021.
• Pendleton, HL, Twing, KI, Motamedi, S, and Brazelton, WJ (2021) Potential microbial contamination from drilling lubricants into subseafloor rock cores. Scientific Drilling. 29, 49–57, https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-29-49-2021. Published, 04/2021.
• Hand, K., Phillips, C. B., Chyba, C. F., Toner, B., Katija, K., Orphan, V., ... & Roussel, A. (2021). On the Past, Present, and Future Role of Biology in NASA's Exploration of our Solar System. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53(4), 229. Published, 03/2021.
• Thornton, CT, Tanner, W, VanDerslice, J, Brazelton, WJ (2020) Localized effect of treated wastewater effluent on the resistome of an urban watershed. GigaScience. 9 (11): giaa125, https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giaa125. Published, 11/2020.
• Dangerfield, CR, Frehner, EH, Buechley, ER, Şekercioğlu, C, Brazelton, WJ (2020) Succession of bacterial communities on carrion is independent of vertebrate scavengers. PeerJ 8, e9307. doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9307. Published, 06/10/2020.
• Sabuda, MC, Brazelton, WJ, Putnam, LI, McCollom, TM, Hoehler, TM, Kubo, MDY, Cardace, D, Schrenk, MO (2020) A dynamic microbial sulfur cycle in a serpentinizing continental ophiolite. Environmental Microbiology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15006. Published, 06/2020.
• Motamedi, S, Orcutt, BN, Früh-Green, GL, Twing, KI, Pendleton, HL, Brazelton, WJ (2020) Microbial residents of the Atlantis Massif's shallow serpentinite subsurface. Applied and Environmental Microbiology; doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00356-20. Published, 05/19/2020.
• McGonigle, JM, Lang, SQ, Brazelton, WJ (2020) Genomic evidence for formate metabolism by Chloroflexi as the key to unlocking deep carbon in Lost City microbial ecosystems. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 86 (8). doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02583-19. Published, 04/01/2020.
• Seyler, LM, Brazelton, WJ, McLean, C, Putman LI, Hyer A, Kubo MDY, Hoehler T, Cardace D,Schrenk MO (2020) Carbon assimilation strategies in ultrabasic groundwater: clues from the integrated study of a serpentinization-influenced aquifer. mSystems 5:e00607-19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00607-19. Published, 03/10/2020.
• Lang, SQ and Brazelton, WJ (2020) Habitability of the marine serpentinite subsurface: a case study of the Lost City hydrothermal field. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 378 (2165). doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0429. Published, 02/21/2020.
• Orcutt, BN, Bradley, J, Brazelton, WJ, Estes, ER, Goordial, JM, Huber, JA, Jones, RM, Mahmoudi, N, Marlow, JJ, Murdock, S, Pachiadaki, M (2020). Impacts of deep-sea mining on microbial ecosystem services. Limnology and Oceanography, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11403. Published, 01/2020.
• McGonigle, JM, Bernau, JA, Bowen, BB, Brazelton, WJ (2019) Robust archaeal and bacterial communities inhabit shallow subsurface sediments of the Bonneville Salt Flats. mSphere. doi: https://doi.org/10 .1128/mSphere.00378-19. Published, 07/2019.
• Früh-Green, G. L., et al. (2018). Magmatism, serpentinization and life: Insights through drilling the Atlantis Massif (IODP Expedition 357). Lithos. Vol. 323, 137-155. Published, 09/2018.
• Lang SQ, Früh-Green GL, Bernasconi SM, Brazelton WJ, Schrenk MO, McGonigle JM (2018) Deeply-sourced formate fuels sulfate reducers but not methanogens at Lost City hydrothermal field. Scientific Reports 8:755. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-19002-5. Published, 01/2018.
• Amador, E.S., Bandfield, J.L., Kelley, D.S., Brazelton, W.J. (2017) The Lost City Hydrothermal Field as a spectroscopic and astrobiological Analog for Nili Fossae, Mars. Astrobiology 17(11): 1138-1160. doi: 10.1089/ast.2016.1606. Published, 11/01/2017.
• Fuchsman, CA., Collins, R.E., Rocap, G., Brazelton, W.J. (2017) Effect of the environment on horizontal gene transfer between bacteria and archaea. PeerJ 5:e3865. doi:10.7717/peerj.3865. Published, 09/29/2017.
• Dangerfield, C.D., Nadkarni, N.M., Brazelton, W.J. (2017) Canopy soil bacterial communities altered by severing host tree limb. PeerJ 5:e3773. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3773. Published, 09/06/2017.
• Brazelton, WJ (2017). Quick Guide: Hydrothermal vents. Current Biology. Vol. 27, R450-452. Published, 06/2017.
• Crespo-Medina, M., Twing, K.I., Sánchez-Murillo, R., Brazelton, W.J., McCollom, T.M., Schrenk, M.O. (2017) Methane dynamics in a tropical serpentinizing environment: the Santa Elena Ophiolite, Costa Rica. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00916. Published, 05/23/2017.
• Twing, K.I., Brazelton, W.J., Kubo, M.D.Y., Hyer, A.J., Cardace, D., Hoehler, T.M., McCollom, T.M., Schrenk, M. O. (2017). Serpentinization-influenced groundwater harbors extremely lowdiversity microbial communities adapted to high pH. Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 308. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00308. Published, 03/01/2017.
• Brazelton WJ, Thornton CN, Hyer A, Twing KI, Longino AA, Lang SQ, Lilley MD, Früh-Green GL, Schrenk MO. (2017) Metagenomic identification of active methanogens and methanotrophs in serpentinite springs of the Voltri Massif, Italy. PeerJ 5:e2945 doi: 10.7717/peerj.2945. Published, 01/26/2017.
• Brazelton WJ, Thornton CN, Hyer A, Twing KI, Longino AA, Lang SQ, Lilley MD, Früh-Green GL, Schrenk MO. (2017) Metagenomic identification of active methanogens and methanotrophs in serpentinite springs of the Voltri Massif, Italy. PeerJ 5:e2945 doi:10.7717/peerj.2945. Published, 01/2017.
• Morill, P.L., W.J. Brazelton, L. Kohl, A. Rietze, S.M. Miles, H. Kavanagh, M.O. Schrenk, S.E. Ziegler, and S.Q. Lang (2014) Investigations of potential microbial methanogenic and carbon monoxide utilization pathways in ultra-basic reducing springs associated with present-day continental serpentinization: the Tablelands, NL, CAN. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5: 613. Doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00613. Published, 11/13/2014.
• Méhay, S., G.L. Früh-Green, S.Q. Lang, S.M. Bernasconi, W.J. Brazelton, M.O. Schrenk, P. Schaeffer, P. Adam (2013) Record of archaeal activity at the serpentinite-hosted Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Geobiology. 11: 570–592. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12062. Published, 10/11/2013.
• Szponar, N., W.J. Brazelton, M.O. Schrenk, D.M. Bower, A. Steele, P.L. Morrill (2013) Geochemistry of a continental site of serpentinization, the Tablelands Ophiolite, Gros Morne National Park: A Mars analogue. Icarus. 224: 286-296. Published, 06/2013.
• Brazelton, W.J., P.L. Morrill, N. Szponar, M.O. Schrenk (2013) Bacterial communities associated with subsurface geochemical processes in continental serpentinite springs. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(13):3906. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00330-13. Published, 04/12/2013.
• Stüeken, E. E., R.E. Anderson, J.S. Bowman, W.J. Brazelton, J. Colangelo-Lillis, A.D. Goldman, S.M. Som, J.A. Baross (2013) Did life originate from a global chemical reactor? Geobiology. 11: 101–126. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12025. Published, 03/11/2013.
• Anderson, R. E., W.J. Brazelton, J.A. Baross (2013) The deep viriosphere: assessing the viral impact on microbial community dynamics in the deep subsurface. Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry, 75, 649–675. doi:10.2138/rmg.2013.75.20. Published, 01/2013.
• Schrenk, M.O., W.J. Brazelton, S.Q. Lang (2013) Serpentinization, carbon, and deep life. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 75:575-606. doi: 10.2138/rmg.2013.75.1. Published, 01/2013.
• Brazelton, W.J., B. Nelson and M.O. Schrenk (2012) Metagenomic evidence for H₂ oxidation and H₂ production by serpentinite-hosted subsurface microbial communities. Frontiers in Extreme Microbiology. 2:268. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00268. Published, 01/06/2012.

Presentations

• Brazelton, W.J., et al. (2015) Metagenomic Investigations of Serpentinization-­Powered Microbial Ecosystems. Astrobiology Science Conference. Chicago, IL. June 2015. Contributed Talk, Presented, 06/2015.
• Brazelton,W.J.(2015) Invited Presentation: Introduction to Serpentinite-Hosted Microbial Ecosystems. Deep Carbon Observatory, Deep Life Meeting. Lisbon, Portugal, May 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/2015.
• Brazelton, W.J. (2014) Biogeography of serpentinite-hosted microbial ecosystems. Gordon Research Conference on Marine Microbes. Waltham, MA. Contributed Talk, Presented, 06/2014.
• Brazelton, W.J., M.O. Schrenk (2014) Metagenome-enabled investigations of carbon and hydrogen fluxes within the serpentinite-hosted subsurface biosphere. DOE Joint Genome Institute User Meeting. Walnut Creek, CA. Contributed Talk, Presented, 04/2014.
• Brazelton, W.J. (2014) Biogeography of serpentinte-hosted ecosystems. Invited Presentation at University of Southern California Marine and Environmental Biology seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/2014.
• Brazelton, W.J., et al. (2013) Microbial carbon cycling in Lost City hydrothermal chimneys and other serpentinite-hosted ecosystems. Invited Presentation. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2013.
• Brazelton, W.J., et al. (2013) Plenty to eat, nothing to breathe: challenges to life in serpentinite habitats. Invited Presentation. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2013.
• Brazelton, W.J., et al. (2013) Biogeography of serpentinite-hosted ecosystems. Goldschmidt Conference. Contributed Talk, Presented, 09/2013.
• Brazelton, W.J. (2013) Explorations for geochemically-fueled microbial life in California, Newfoundland, Italy and Mars. Beckman Scholars Symposium. Invited Alumni Presentation. Irvine, Ca, July 2013. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2013.
• Brazelton, W.J., J.A. Baross. (2013) Serpentinization, archaeal biofilms, and the origins of multicellular communities. Emergence in Chemical Systems. Anchorage, AK, June 2013. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2013.

Research Groups

• Julia McGonigle, Postdoc. NASA Postdoctoral Fellow. 01/2020 - present.
• Cecilia Prator, Postdoc. NSF Postdoctoral Fellow. 01/2020 - present.