Principal Investigator: Victoria J. Orphan (California Institute of Technology)
ISME J~2011~~Bailey, J. V, V. Salman, G.W. Rouse, H.N. Schulz-Vogt, L.A. Levin and V.J. Orphan~doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.66~~~~~Dimorphism in methane seep-dwelling ecotypes of the largest known bacteria~N~~~~~~
ISME J~2010~4~Tavormina, P. L., W. Ussler III, S.M. Joye and V. J. Orphan~~700~~~~Distributions of putative aerobic methanotrophs in diverse pelagic marine environments~N~~~~~~
Proceedings Royal Society of London~2011~~Levin, LA, VJ Orphan, GW Rouse, AE Rathburn, W Ussler III, GS Cook, SK Goffredi, EM Perez, A Waren, B Grupe, G. Chadwick, and B. Strickrott~~~~~~Hybridization of vent and seep ecosystems in the deep sea~N~~~~~~
ISME J~2012~6~Thurber, A, L.A Levin, V.J. Orphan, J. Marlow~~160216~~~~Archaea in metazoan diets: implications for food webs and biogeochemical cycling~N~~~~~~
Environmental microbiology~2013~~Glass, J.B., Yu, H., Steele, J.A., Dawson, K.S., Sun, S., Chourey, K., Pan, C., Hettich, R.L. and Orphan, V.J~10.1111/1462-2920.12314~~~~~Geochemical, metagenomic and metaproteomic insights into trace metal utilization by methane-oxidizing microbial consortia in sulfidic marine sediments.~~~~~~~
ISME J~2013~~Green-Saxena, A., Dekas, A., Dalleska, N. and Orphan, V~10.1038/ismej.2013.147~~~~~Nitrate-based niche differentiation by distinct sulfate-reducing bacteria involved in the anaerobic oxidation of methane~~~~~~~
Environmental Microbiology~2013~~Dekas, A.E., Chadwick, G.L., Bowles, M.W., Joye, S.B. and Orphan, V.J~10.1111/1462-2920.12247~~~~~Spatial distribution of nitrogen fixation in methane seep sediment and the role of the ANME archaea~~~~~~~
Environmental Microbiology Reports~2013~5~Tavormina, P.L., Ussler, W., Steele, J.A., Connon, S.A., Klotz, M.G. and Orphan, V.J.,~10.1111/1758-2229.12025~414?423~~~~Abundance and distribution of diverse membrane?bound monooxygenase (Cu-MMO) genes within the Costa Rica oxygen minimum zone~~~~~~~
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences~2012~279~Levin, L.A., Orphan, V.J., Rouse, G.W., Rathburn, A.E., Ussler, W., Cook, G.S., Goffredi, S.K., Perez, E.M., Waren, A. and Grupe, B.M.,~10.1098/rspb.2012.0205~2580~~~~A hydrothermal seep on the Costa Rica margin: middle ground in a continuum of reducing ecosystems~~~~~~~
ISME J~2012~6~Thurber, A.R., Levin, L.A., Orphan, V.J. and Marlow, J.J.,~~1602~~~~Archaea in metazoan diets: implications for food webs and biogeochemical cycling~~~~~~~
Geobiology~2013~~Bailey, J.V., Corsetti, F.A., Greene, S.E., Crosby, C.H., Liu, P., Orphan, V.J.~10.1111/gbi.12046~~~~~Filamentous sulfur bacteria preserved in modern and ancient phosphatic sediments: implications for the role of oxygen and bacteria in phosphogenesis~~~~~~~