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Publications
2019
A symbiotic origin of magnetoreception in unicellular eukaryotes.
Monteil CL, Vallenet D, Menguy N, Benzerara K, Barbe V, Fouteau S,
Cruaud C, Floriani M, Viollier E, Adryanczyk G, Leonhardt N, Faivre D,
Pignol D, López-García P, Weld RJ & Lefevre CT
Nature microbiology (2019), 4, 1088-1095
Origin of high Fe contents in modern lacustrine microbialites from Mexico.
Zeyen N, Benzerara K, Menguy N, Brest J, Templeton A, Webb S, Gérard E, Moreira D, Lopez-Garcia P, Tavera R, Morin G.
Geochim Cosmochim Acta (2019), 253, 201-230
Evidence of high Ca uptake by cyanobacteria forming intracellular CaCO3 and impact on their growth.
De Wever A, Benzerara K, Coutaud M, Caumes G, Poinsot M, Skouri-Panet F, Laurent T, Duprat E, Gugger M
Geobiology (2019), 17, 676-690.
Exceptional preservation requires fast
biodegradation: the case study of thylacocephalan specimens from La
Voulte-sur-Rhône (Callovian, Jurassic, France)
Jauvion C, Bernard S, Gueriau P, Mocuta C, Pont S, Benzerara K and Charbonnier S.
Palaeontology (2019), in press.
Pulsed laser-induced heating of mineral phases: implications for the combination/coupling of LIBS and Raman spectroscopy.
Fau A, Beyssac O, Gauthier M, Cousin A, Meslin PY,
Benzerara K, Bernard S, Boulliard JC, Maurice S, Gasnault O, Wiens R,
Morand M, Rosier P, Garino Y, Pont S Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy (2019), 160, 105687.
Hyperdiverse archaea near life limits at the polyextreme geothermal Dallol area.
Belilla J, Moreira D, Jardillier L, Reboul G, Benzerara K, López-García JM, Bertolino, López-Archilla AI, López-García P
Nature Ecology & Evolution (2019), 3, 1552–1561.
Discovery of high abundances of aster-like nanoparticles in pelagic environments: characterization and dynamics.
Colombet J, Billard H, Viguès B, Balor S, Boulé C,
Geay L, Benzerara K, Menguy N, Ilango G, Fuster M, Enault F, Bardot C,
Gautier V, Sriram Pradeep Ram A, Sime-Ngando T.
Frontiers in Microbiology (2019), 10, 2376.
Sequestration of radionuclides Radium-226 and Strontium-90 by cyanobacteria forming intracellular calcium carbonates.
Mehta N, Benzerara K, Kocar BD, Chapon V.
Environmental Science & Technology (2019), in press
Magnetite Magnetosome Biomineralization in Magnetospirillum magneticum strain AMB-1: a Time Course Study.
Le Nagard L, Zhu X, Yuan H, Benzerara K, Bazylinski D, Fradin C, Swaraj C, Stanescu S, Belkhou R and Hitchcock AP.
Chemical Geology (2019), in press
2018
Active biomineralization of intracellular carbonates by high Ca uptake in cyanobacteria.
Cam N, Benzerara K, Georgelin T, Jaber M, Lambert JF, Poinsot M, Skouri-Panet F, Raimbault E, Cordier L, Jezequel D.
Geobiology (2018), 16, 49-61
In vitro and in silico evidence of phosphatase diversity in the biomineralizing bacterium Ramlibacter tataouinensis.
Skouri-Panet F, Benzerara K, Cosmidis J, Ferard C, Caumes G, De Luca G, Heulin T, Duprat E.
Frontiers in Microbiology (2018) 8:2592.
Impact of the cyanobacterium Gloeomargarita lithophora on the geochemical cycles of Sr and Ba
Blondeau M, K. Benzerara, C. Ferard, J-M. Guigner, M. Poinsot, M. Tharaud, L. Cordier, F. Skouri-Panet
Chemical Geology (2018), 483, 88-97.
Characterization of pustular mats and related Rivularia-rich laminations in oncoids from the Laguna Negra lake (Argentina)
Mlewski E.C., Pisapia C, Gómez F, Lecourt L, Soto
Rueda Eliana, Benzerara K, Menez B, Borensztajn S, Jamme F, Refregiers
M and Gérard E
Frontiers in Microbiology (2018) 9: 996.
Amorphous calcium carbonate granules form within an intracellular compartment in calcifying cyanobacteria
Blondeau M, Sachse M Boulogne C Gillet C, Guigner JM, Skouri-Panet F Poinsot M Ferard C, Miot J, Benzerara K
Frontiers in Microbiology (2018)
Organic carbon drives transition metal distribution and secondary
mineralizations at low temperature in the hydrated mantle-derived
oceanic crust.
Ménez B, Pasini V, Guyot F, Benzerara K, Bernard S, Brunelli D
Lithos (2018)
2017
Magnetotactic bacteria are a significant P reservoir in the meromictic Lake Pavin
Rivas-Lamelo S, Benzerara K, Lefèvre CT, Monteil
CL, Jézéquel D, Menguy N, Viollier E, Guyot F, Férard C, Poinsot M,
Skouri-Panet F, Trcera N, Miot J, Duprat E
Geochemical Perspective Letters (2017) 5, 35-41.
Single-Cell Resolution of Uncultured
Magnetotactic Bacteria via Fluorescence-Coupled
Electron Microscopy.
Li JH, Zhang H, Menguy N, Benzerara K, Wang F, Lin
X, Chen Z, Pan Y
Applied Environmental Microbiology (2017),
83(12), e00409-17. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00409-17
Description of Gloeomargarita lithophora gen. nov., sp. nov., a
thylakoid-bearing basal-branching cyanobacterium with intracellular
carbonates, and proposal for Gloeomargaritales ord. nov.
Moreira
D; Tavera R; Benzerara K; Skouri-Panet F; Couradeau E; Gérard E;
Loussert Fonta E; Novelo E; Zivanovic Y; López-García P.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, In press. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001679
An early-branching freshwater cyanobacterium at the origin of chloroplasts
Ponce-Toledo RI, Deschamps, P, López-García P, Zivanovic Y, Benzerara K, Moreira D.
Current Biology (2017), 27, 1-6.
Magnetotactic Coccus Strain SHHC-1 Affiliated
to Alphaproteobacteria Forms Octahedral Magnetite
Magnetosomes
Zhang, H, Menguy, N, Wang, FX, Benzerara, K,
Leroy, E, Liu, PY, Liu, WQ, Wang, CL, Pan, YX,
Chen, ZB, Li, JH
Frontiers in Microbiology (2017), 8, 969,
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00969
2016
Biomineralization patterns of intracellular carbonatogenesis in cyanobacteria: Molecular hypotheses.
Li J, Margaret Oliver I, Cam N, Boudier T,
Blondeau M, Leroy E, Cosmidis J, Skouri-Panet F, Guigner JM, Férard C,
Poinsot M, Moreira D, Lopez-Garcia P, Cassier-Chauvat C, Chauvat F,
Benzerara K
Minerals (2016) 6, 10, doi:10.3390/min6010010
Mineralogical diversity in Lake Pavin: connections with water column chemistry and biomineralization processes.
Miot J, Jézéquel D, Benzerara K, Cordier L, Rivas-Lamelo S, Skouri-Panet F, Férard C, Poinsot M and Duprat E
Minerals (2016) 6, 24, doi:10.3390/min6020024
Involvement of microbial mats in early fossilization by decay
delay and formation of impressions and replicas of vertebrates and
invertebrates
Iniesto M, Buscalioni A, Guerrero MC, Benzerara K, Moreira D, and López-Archilla AI
Scientific reports (2016) 6: 25716.
Iron mineralogy across the oxycline of a lignite mine lake
Miot J, Lu S, Morin G, Adra A, Benzerara K, Küsel K
Chemical Geology (2016), 434, 28-42.
Comparative metagenomics unveils functions and genome features of microbialite-associated communities along a depth gradient
Saghaï A, Zivanovic Y, Moreira D, Benzerara K, Bertolino P, Ragon M, Tavera R, López-Archilla AI and López- García P
Environmental Microbiology (2016), 18, 4990-5004.
Selective uptake of alkaline earth metals by cyanobacteria forming intracellular carbonates
Cam N, Benzerara K, Georgelin T, Jaber M, Lambert JF, Poinsot M, Skouri-Panet F , Cordier L.
Env Sci Technol (2016) 50, 11654-11662.
Variations in cometary dust composition from Giotto to Rosetta, clues to their formation mechanisms
Engrand C., Duprat J., Dartois E., Benzerara K.,
Leroux H., Baklouti D., Bardyn A., Briois C., Cottin H., Fischer H.,
Fray N., Hilchenbach M., Langevin Y., Paquette J., Rynö J., Schulz R.,
Silén J., Stenzel O., Thirkell L., and the COSIMA team
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical society (2016) 462, 323-330.
2015
Characterization of Ca-phosphate biomaterials by scanning
transmission x-ray microscopy (STXM) at the Ca L2,3-, P L2,3- and C K-
edges
Cosmidis J, K. Benzerara, T. Tyliszczak
Acta Biomaterialia (2015) 12, 260-269.
Formation and transformations of Fe-rich serpentines by aqueous
alteration in asteroids: a nanoscale study of the Murray chondrite
Elmaleh A, Bourdelle F, Caste F, Benzerara K, Leroux H, Devouard B
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2015) 158, 162-178.
In vitro synthesis of amorphous Mg-, Ca-, Sr- and Ba-carbonates:
what do we learn about intracellular calcification by cyanobacteria?
Cam N., T. Georgelin, M. Jaber, J-F. Lambert, K. Benzerara
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2015) 161, 36-49.
Coprolites of Late Triassic carnivorous vertebrates from Poland: an integrative approach.
Zatoń M, Niedźwiedzki G, Marynowski L, Benzerara K, Pott C, Cosmidis J, Krzykawski T and Filipiak P
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2015) 430, 21-46.
Emerging frontiers and surprises in Geomicrobiology
A Templeton and K Benzerara
Elements (2015) 11, 423-429.
Metagenome-based diversity analyses suggest a significant
contribution of non-cyanobacterial lineages to carbonate precipitation
in modern microbialites
A Saghaï, Y Zivanovic, N Zeyen, D Moreira, K Benzerara, P Bertolino, M Ragon, R Tavera, AI López-Archilla and P López-García
Frontiers in Microbiology (2015) 6:797. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00797
Preservation in microbial mats: the mineralization through a talc-like mineral of a fish embedded in a microbial sarcophagus
Iniesto, M; Zeyen N; López-Archilla AI; Delgado A.; Guerrero, M.C. and Benzerara K
Frontiers in Earth Science (2015), doi: 10.3389/feart.2015.00051
Microbial formation of low-T hydrated silicates in modern microbialites from Mexico
Zeyen N, Benzerara K, Li J, Groleau A, Balan E, Robert JL, Tavera R, López-García P, Moreira D
Frontiers in Earth Science (2015), doi: 10.3389/feart.2015.00064
Calcium-phosphate biomineralization induced by alkaline phosphatase activity in Escherichia coli.
Cosmidis J, Benzerara K, Guyot F, Skouri-Panet F, Férard C, Guigner JM, Babonneau F, Coehlo C
Frontiers in Earth Science (2015) 3, #00084, DOI=10.3389/feart.2015.00084
Evolution of the macromolecular structure of sporopollenin during
thermal degradation as documented by infrared, Raman and C-XANES
spectroscopies
S. Bernard, K. Benzerara, O. Beyssac, E. Balan, G.E. Brown Jr
Helyon (2015) doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2015.e00034
2014
Biomineralization of iron-phosphates in the water column of Lake Pavin (Massif Central, France).
Cosmidis J., Benzerara K., Morin G., Busigny V., Lebeau O., Jézéquel D., Noël V., Dublet G., Othmane G
Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (2014) 126, 78- 96.
Investigating Microbe-Mineral Interactions: Recent Advances in X-Ray and Electron Microscopy and Redox-Sensitive Methods.
Miot J, Benzerara K., Kappler A.
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences (2014) 42: 271-289.
Formation of single domain magnetite by green rust oxidation promoted by microbial anaerobic nitrate-dependent iron oxidation.
Miot J., Li J., Benzerara K, Sougrati M, Ona-Nguema G., Jumas JC, Guyot F
Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (2014) 139, 327-343.
Impact of biomineralization on the preservation of microorganisms during fossilization: an experimental perspective
J. Li, S. Bernard, K. Benzerara, T. Allard, J. Cosmidis, J. Moussou, O. Beyssac
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. (2014) 400, 113-122.
16 S rDNA-based analysis reveals cosmopolitan occurrence but
limited diversity of two cyanobacterial lineages with contrasted
patterns of intracellular carbonate mineralization.
Ragon M., Benzerara K., Moreira D., Tavera R. and López-García P.
Frontiers in Microbiology (2014) 5, #331.
Molecular phylogeny and ultrastructure of Aphelidium aff. Melosirae (Aphelida, Opisthosporidia)
Karpov SA, Mamkaeva MA, Benzerara K, Moreira D, López-García P
Protist (2014) 165, 512-526.
Comparative mineralogy, organic geochemistry and microbial diversity of the Autun black shale and Graissessac coal (France).
Berlendis S., O. Beyssac, S. Derenne, K. Benzerara, C. Anquetil, M. Guillaumet, I. Estève, B. Capelle
International Journal of Coal Geology (2014) 132, 147-157.
The 2.1 Ga Old Francevillian Biota: Biogenicity, Taphonomy and Biodiversity.
Abderrazak El Albani, Stefan Bengtson, Donald E.
Canfield, Armelle Riboulleau, Claire Rollion Bard, Roberto
Macchiarelli, Lauriss Ngombi Pemba, Emma Hammarlund, Alain Meunier,
Idalina Moubiya Mouele, Karim Benzerara, Sylvain Bernard, Philippe
Boulvais, Marc Chaussidon, Christian Cesari, Claude Fontaine, Ernest
Chi-Fru, Juan Manuel Garcia Ruiz, François Gauthier-Lafaye, Arnaud
Mazurier, Anne Catherine Pierson-Wickmann, Olivier Rouxel, Alain
Trentesaux, Marco Vecoli, Gerard J. M. Versteegh, Lee White, Martin
Whitehouse, Andrey Bekker
PlosOne (2014) 9, e99438. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099438
Intracellular Ca-carbonate biomineralization is
widespread in cyanobacteria
K. Benzerara, F. Skouri-Panet, J. Li, C.
Férard, M. Gugger, T. Laurent, E. Couradeau, M.
Ragon, J. Cosmidis, N. Menguy, I. Margaret-Oliver,
R. Tavera, P. López-García and D. Moreira
Proc Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, (2014)
doi:10.1073/pnas.1403510111 link
2013
Nanometer-scale
characterization of exceptionally preserved bacterial fossils in
Paleocene phosphorites from Ouled Abdoun (Morocco).
Cosmidis,
J.; Benzerara, K.; Gheerbrant, E.; et al.
Geobiology (2013) 11,
139-153.
Multidisciplinary Evidences that
Synechocystis PCC6803 Exopolysaccharides Operate in Cell Sedimentation
and Protection against Salt and Metal Stresses.
Jittawuttipoka T., Planchon M., Spalla O.; Benzerara, K, Guyot, F,
Cassier-Chauvat C, Chauvat, F
PLOS ONE (2013), 8,
e55564
Graphite formation by carbonate
reduction during subduction.
Galvez M. E., O. Beyssac, I. Martinez, K. Benzerara, C. Chaduteau, B.
Malvoisin, J. Malavieille
Nature Geoscience (2013), 6, 473–477.
Three-dimensional Raman and fluorescence
imaging reveal specific carbonate-microbe interactions in modern
microbialites.
Gerard E., Menez B., Couradeau E., Moreira D., Benzerara K., Tavera R.
and López- García P.
ISME J. (2013) doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.81
Sphaerotilus natans, a neutrophilic
iron-related sheath- forming bacterium: perspectives for metal
remediation strategies.
Seder-Colomina M., G. Morin, K. Benzerara, G. Ona-Nguema, J-J. Pernelle, G. Esposito,
E. van Hullebusch
Geomicrobiology J. (2013) doi:
10.1080/01490451.2013.806611
Quantification of the ferric/ferrous iron
ratio in silicates by scanning transmission x-ray microscopy at the Fe
L2,3 edges
Bourdelle F., K. Benzerara, O. Beyssac, J. Cosmidis, D. Neuville, G.E.
Brown Jr, E. Paineau
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (2013), 166, 423-434.
Cyanobacterial calcification in
modern microbialites at the submicrometer-scale.
Couradeau E., K. Benzerara, E. Gerard, I. Esteve, D. Moreira, R.
Tavera, and P. Lopez- Garcia
Biogeosciences (2013) 10,
5255-5266.
Low temperature hydrothermal oil and
associated biological precursors in serpentinites from Mid-Ocean Ridge.
Pasini V., D. Brunelli, P. Dumas, C. Sandt, J. Frederick, K. Benzerara,
S. Bernard, B. Menez
Lithos (2013). 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.06.014.
Effect of iron metal and siderite on the durability
of simulated archeological glassy material.
Michelin A., Burger E., Leroy E, Foy E, Neff D., Benzerara K., Dillmann
P., Gin S.
Corrosion Science (2013) 76,
403–414.
The link between
biomineralization and fossilization of bacteria: Insights from field
and experimental studies.
J. Li, K. Benzerara, S. Bernard, O. Beyssac
Chemical Geology (2013) 359, 49-69.
Metasomatism and graphite formation at a lithological interface
in Malaspina (Alpine Corsica, France).
Galvez, ME.; Martinez, I; Beyssac O; Benzerara K, Agrinier P, Assayag N
Contributions to Mineralogy and
Petrology (2013) 166, 1687-1708.
Microscopy evidence of bacterial microfossils
in phosphorite crusts of the Peruvian shelf:
implications for phosphogenesis mechanisms
J. Cosmidis, K. Benzerara, N. Menguy, E.
Arning
Chemical Geology (2013) 359 10-22
2012
An early-branching microbialite cyanobacterium forms intracellular carbonates.
Couradeau E., Benzerara K., Gérard E., Moreira D., Bernard S., Brown Jr. GE., López-
García P.
Science (2012) 336, 459-462.
Micro- and nano-textural evidence of Ti(–Ca–Fe)
mobility during fluid–rock interactions in
carbonaceous lawsonite-bearing rocks from New
Zealand
M.E. Galvez, O. Beyssac, K. Benzerara, N.
Menguy, S. Bernard and S. Cox
Contrib Mineral Petrol (2012)
164:895–914
Morphological preservation of carbonaceous
plant fossils in blueschist metamorphic rocks from
New Zealand
M.E. Galvez, O. Beyssac, K. Benzerara, S.
Bernard, N. Menguy, SC Cox, I. Martinez, MR
Johnston GE Brown
Geobiology
(2012) 10, 118-129
Experimental investigation of the stability of
Fe-rich carbonates in the lower mantle
E. Boulard, N. Menguy, AL Auzende, K.
Benzerara, H. Bureau, D. Antonangeli, A. Corgne,
G. Morard, J. Siebert, JP Perillat, F. Guyot, G.
Fiquet
J.
Geophysical Research - Solid Earth
(2012), 117, B02208
Green rust formation during
Fe(II) oxidation by the nitrate-reducing Acidovorax sp. strain BoFeN1.
Pantke C., M. Obst, K. Benzerara, G. Morin, G. Ona-Nguema, U. Dippon,
A. Kappler.
Env. Sci. Technol. (2012)
46, 1439-1446.
2011
Study of the crystallographic architecture of
corals at the nanoscale by scanning transmission
x-ray microscopy and transmission electron
microscopy
K. Benzerara, N. Menguy, M. Obst,
J. Stolarski, M. Mazur, T. Tylisczak, G. E. Brown
Jr., A. Meibom
Ultramicroscopy,
(2011) 111 1268 - 1275 (pdf)
Solenicola setigera is the first characterized member of the abundant
and cosmopolitan uncultured marine stramenopile group MAST-3.
Gómez F, Moreira D, Benzerara K. and López-García P.
Environmental Microbiology (2011) 13, 193-202
A unique skeletal microstructure of the deep-sea micrabaciid scleractinian
corals.
Janiszewska K, Stolarski J, Benzerara K, Meibom A, Mazur M, Kitahara M.V. and Cairns S.D.
Journal of Morphology (2011) 272, 191-203
Significance, mechanisms and environmental implications of microbial
biomineralization
Benzerara K., Jennyfer Miot, Guillaume
Morin, Feriel Skouri-Panet, Céline Férard
C.R. Geoscience (2011)
343, 160-167
Study of the crystallographic architecture of corals at the nanoscale by scanning
transmission x-ray microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.
Benzerara K., N. Menguy, M. Obst, J. Stolarski, M. Mazur, T. Tylisczak, G. E. Brown Jr., A. Meibom
Ultramicroscopy (2011) 111,1268-75.
Preservation of protein globules
and peptidoglycan in the mineralized cell wall of nitrate-reducing iron(II) oxidizing bacteria: a
cryo-electron microscopy study.
Miot J., K. MacLellan, N. Boisset, K. Benzerara
Geobiology (2011)
9, 459-470.
Influence of uranium
on bacterial communities: a comparison of natural
uranium-rich soils with controls
Mondani L., K. Benzerara, M. Carrière,
R. Christen, Y. Mamindy-Pajany, L. Février, N. Marmier, W. Achouak,
P. Nardoux, C. Berthomieu, V. Chapon
PlosOne, 6, e25771.
Biogenic versus
metamorphic origins of diverse
microtubes in 2.7 Gyrs old volcanic ashes:
multi-scale investigations.
Lepot K., K. Benzerara, P. Philippot
Earth Planet. Sci.
Lett., (2011) 312, 37-47.
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic community
structure in field and cultured microbialites
from the alkaline lake Alchichica (Mexico).
Couradeau E., K. Benzerara, D. Moreira, E. Gérard, J. Kazmierczak, R. Tavera & P. López-García
PLosOne (2011) 6, e28767
2010
XANES, Raman and XRD study of anthracene-based cokes and saccharose- based chars. submitted
to high temperature pyrolysis.
Bernard S., O. Beyssac, K. Benzerara, N. Findling, G. Tzvetkov, G.E. Brown Jr.
Carbon (2010) 48, 2506-2516.
Multiscale characterization of pyritized
plant tissues in blueschist facies metamorphic rocks.
Bernard S., K. Benzerara, O. Beyssac,
G.E. Brown Jr.
Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (2010) 74, 5054-5068.
Microscopy study of biologically mediated
alteration of natural mid-oceanic ridge basalts
and magnetic implications
J. Carlut, K. Benzerara, H. Horen, N. Menguy,
D. Janots, N. Findling, A. Addad, I. Machouk
J.
of Geoph. Res. Biogeosciences (2010),
115, G00G11
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2009
Formation of cell-iron-mineral aggregates by
phototrophic and nitrate-dependent anaerobic
Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria.
Schädler S., C. Burkhardt, F. Hegler, K.L. Straub, J. Miot, K. Benzerara, A. Kappler
Geomicrobiology Journal (2009) 26, 93-103.
Iron biomineralization by neutrophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria.
Miot J., K. Benzerara, G. Morin, A. Kappler,
S. Bernard, M. Obst, C. Férard, F. Skouri-
Panet, J.M. Guigner,
N. Posth, M. Galvez,
G.E. Brown Jr, F. Guyot
Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta (2009) 73, 696-711.
Transformation of vivianite
by anaerobic nitrate-reducing iron-oxidizing bacteria.
Miot J., K. Benzerara, G. Morin, S. Bernard, O. Beyssac, E. Larquet, G. Ona-Nguema,
A. Kappler, F. Guyot
Geobiology (2009) 7, 373-384.
Looking for traces of life in minerals.
Benzerara K., N. Menguy
CR Palevol (2009)
8, 617-628.
Extracellular iron biomineralization by photoautotrophic iron-oxidizing bacteria.
Miot J., K. Benzerara, M. Obst, A. Kappler, F. Hegler, C. Bouchez,
F. Guyot, G. Morin.
Applied
and Environmental Microbiology (2009) 75, 5586-5591.
Organic matter heterogeneity in 2.72 Ga stromatolites: alteration versus preservation by sulphur
incorporation,
Lepot K., K. Benzerara, G.E. Brown Jr., P. Philippot
Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta (2009) 73, 6579-6599.
Garnet-filled trails associated with carbonaceous matter mimicking
microbial filaments
in Archaean basalt.
Lepot K., P. Philippot, K. Benzerara, G.Y Wang
Geobiology (2009) 7, 1-10.
Ultrastructural and chemical
study of modern and fossil sporoderms by Scanning
Transmission X-ray Microscopy (STXM).
Bernard
S., K. Benzerara, O. Beyssac,
G.E. Brown Jr., L. Grauvogel
Stamm, P. Duringer
Review
of Palaeobotany and Palynology (2009) 156, 248-261.
Precipitation of amorphous
CaCO3 (aragonite-like) and by cyanobacteria: a STXM study of the influence of EPS on the
nucleation process.
Obst M., J.J. Dynes, J.R. Lawrence,
G.D.W. Swerhone, K. Benzerara, C. Karunakaran,
K. Kaznatcheev, T. Tyliszczak, A. P. Hitchcock
Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta (2009) 73, 4180-4198.
Microfossils
Javaux E.J., K. Benzerara
CR. Palevol (2009) 8, 605-615
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2008
Microbially influenced formation of 2,724-million-year-old stromatolites.
Lepot K., K. Benzerara, G.E. Brown Jr. & P. Philippot
Nature Geoscience (2008) 1, 118 - 121.
Nanoscale
study of As biomineralization in an acid mine drainage system.
Benzerara K., G. Morin, T.H. Yoon, J. Miot, T. Tyliszczak, C. Casiot, O. Bruneel, F. Farges, and G.E. Brown, Jr.
Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (2008) 72, 3949-3963.
Raman mapping using advanced line- scanning systems: geological applications
Bernard S., O. Beyssac, K. Benzerara
Applied Spectroscopy (2008) 62, 1180-1188.
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2007
Exceptional
preservation of fossil plant spores in
high-pressure metamorphic rocks
S. Bernard, K. Benzerara, O. Beyssac, N.
Menguy, F. Guyot, G. E. Brown Jr. and B. Goffé
Earth
and Planetary Science Letters, (2007),
262, 257-272 (pdf)
Highligt Nature
Geoscience, 18 Oct 2007
Alteration of submarine basaltic glass from
the Ontong Java Plateau: A STXM and TEM study
K. Benzerara, N. Menguy, N.R. Banerjee, T.
Tyliszczak, G.E. Brown Jr. and F. Guyot
Earth and
Planetary Science Letters (2007), 260,
187-200 (pdf)
Creating habitable zones, at all scales,
from planets to mud micro- habitats,
on earth and on mars. S
Nisbet E., Zahnle K, Gerasimov MV, Helbert J, Jaumann R, Hofmann BA, Benzerara
K, Westall F.
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS (2007) 129 (1-3): 79-121.
Water, life, and planetary geodynamical evolution.
van Thienen P, Benzerara K, Breuer D, Gillmann C, Labrosse S, Lognonne
P, Spohn T
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS (2007) 129 (1-3):
167-203.
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2006
icrobial diversity on the Tatahouine meteorite
Benzerara K., V. Chapon, D. Moreira, P. López-García, T. Heulin, F. Guyot. M
Meteoritics and Planetary
Sciences(2006) 41, 1249-1265.
Nanometer-Scale Chemical Heterogeneities of Black Carbon Materials
and Their Impacts on PCB Sorption
Properties: Soft X-ray Spectromicroscopy Study.
Yoon T.H., Benzerara K., Ahn S., Luthy R.G., Tyliszczak T. and Brown, G.E. Jr.
Env. Sci.
&Technol. (2006)
40,
5923-5929.
Search for microbial signatures within human and
microbial calcifications using soft
X-ray spectromicroscopy.
Benzerara K., V.M. Miller,
G. Barell, V. Kumar, J. Miot,
G.E. Brown, Jr., and J.C. Lieske
Journal of Investigative Medicine (2006) 54, 367-379.
The desert of Tataouine: an extreme environment that hosts a
wide diversity of microorganisms
and
radiotolerant bacteria.
Chanal A., Chapon V., Benzerara K., Barakat M., Christen R., Chevenet
F., Achouak W., Barras
F., and Heulin T.
Environ. Microbiol. (2006).
8 (3):
514-525.
Soft X-ray Microscopy and Spectroscopy at the Molecular
Environmental Science Beamline at the Advanced
Light Source.
Bluhm H., Andersson K., Araki T., Benzerara K., Brown G.E., Dynes J.J., Ghosal S., Gilles
M.K., Hansen H.-C.,
Hemminger J.C., Hitchcock
A.P., Ketteler G., Kilcoyne A.L.D., Kneedler E., Lawrence J.R., Leppard
G.G., Majzlam J., Mun B.S., Myneni
S.C.B., Nilsson A., Ogasawara H., Ogletree D.F., Pecher K., Salmeron M., Shuh D.K., Tonner B., Tyliszczak T., Warwick T., Yoon T.H.
J.
Elec.Related Phenom. (2006) 150,
Spectros. and 86-104.
Nanoscale detection of organic signatures in
carbonate microbialites
K. Benzerara, N. Menguy, P. Lopez-Garcıa, T.H.
Yoon , J. Kazmierczak,
T. Tyliszczak, F. Guyot, and G.E. Brown, Jr.
Proc Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA, (2006), 103, 9440-9445
(pdf)
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2005
Bacterial diversity
and carbonate precipitation in the giant microbialites from the highly
alkaline Lake Van,
Turkey.
López-García
P., Kazmierczak J., Benzerara
K., Kempe S., Guyot F., Moreira D.
Extremophiles (2005) 9, 263-274.
Nanoscale environments associated with
bioweathering of a Mg-Fe-pyroxene
K. Benzerara, T.H. Yoon, N. Menguy, T.
Tyliszczak, and G.E. Brown, Jr.
Proc Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA, (2005), 102, 979-982
(pdf)
TEM study of a silicate-carbonate-microbe
interface prepared by focused ion beam milling
K. Benzerara, N. Menguy, F. Guyot, Ch. Vanni
and Ph. Gillet
Geochimica
et Cosmochimica Acta, (2005), 69,
1413-1422 (pdf)
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2004
Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy
Study of Microbial Calcification
Benzerara K., Yoon T.-H., Tyliszczak T., Constantz B., Spormann A.M., and Brown, G.E. Jr.
Geobiology (2004) 2, ,249-259.
In Situ Characterization of Aluminum-Containing Nanoparticle- Aqueous Suspensions Using Scanning
Transmission X-ray Microscopy.
Yoon T.-H., Johnson S.B., Benzerara
K., Doyle C.S., Tyliszczak T., Shuh D.K., and Brown G.E., Jr.
Langmuir (2004) 20, 10361-10366.
Experimental colonization and alteration of
orthopyroxene by the pleomorphic bacteria
Ramlibacter tataouinensis,
K. Benzerara, M. Barakat, N. Menguy, F. Guyot,
G. De Luca, C. Audrain, T. Heulin
Geomicrobiology
Journal, (2004), 21, 341 – 349
(pdf)
Biologically controlled precipitation of
calcium phosphate by Ramlibacter tataouinensis
K. Benzerara, N. Menguy, F. Guyot, F. Skouri,
G. de Luca, M. Barakat and T. Heulin
Earth and
Planetary Science Letters, (2004), 228,
439-449 (pdf)
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2003
Nannobacteria like calcite single crystals at
the surface of the Tatahouine meteorite,
Benzerara K, Menguy, N, Guyot F, Dominici C,
Gillet P,
Proc Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA, (2003), 100, 7438-7442
(pdf)
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2002
Cristobalite inclusions in the Tatahouine achondrite: Implications for the shock conditions.
Benzerara K., J.A. Barrat, F. Guyot, P. Gillet and M. Lesourd.
American Mineralogist (2002)
87, 1250-1256.
Aqueous
alteration in the North West Africa 817 (NWA 817) Martian Meteorite
Gillet,
Ph. Barrat, J.A, Deloule, E., Wadhwa,
M., Jambon, A., Sautter, V., Crozaz,
G., Devouard, B., Neuville, D., Benzerara, K., Lesourd,
M.
Earth and Planetary Science
Letters (2002) 203, 431-444.
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2001
Description of new shock-induced phases in the meteorites of Shergotty, Zagami, Nakhla and Chassigny.
Malavergne, V., Guyot, F., Benzerara K.,
and Martinez, I.
Meteoritics (2001) 36,
1297-1306.
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2000
Bacteria in the Tatahouine meteorite: nanometric-scale life in rocks.
Gillet, P., Barrat, J.A., Heulin,
T., Achouak, W., Lesourd,
M., Guyot, F., and Benzerara K.
Earth and
Planetary Science Letters (2000) , 175, 161-167.
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