NAI
Kendra Turk
University of California, Santa Cruz
Current Projects
- Biosignatures in Chemosynthetic and Photosynthetic Systems — 2006 NAI
- Biosignatures in Chemosynthetic and Photosynthetic Systems — 2005 NAI
- Early Microbial Ecosystems — 2003 NAI
- Early Microbial Ecosystems — 2002 NAI
- Early Microbial Ecosystems — 2001 NAI
- Early Microbial Ecosystems: Modern Analogs — 2000 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
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Publications
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House, C. H., Orphan, V. J., Turk, K. A., Thomas, B., Pernthaler, A., Vrentas, J. M., & Joye, S. B. (2009). Extensive carbon isotopic heterogeneity among methane seep microbiota. Environmental Microbiology, 11(9), 2207–2215. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01934.x
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Jahnke, L. L., Orphan, V. J., Embaye, T., Turk, K. A., Kubo, M. D., Summons, R. E., & Des Marais, D. J. (2008). Lipid biomarker and phylogenetic analyses to reveal archaeal biodiversity and distribution in hypersaline microbial mat and underlying sediment. Geobiology, 6(4), 394–410. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00165.x
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Orphan, V. J., Jahnke, L. L., Embaye, T., Turk, K. A., Pernthaler, A., Summons, R. E., & Des Marais, D. J. (2008). Characterization and spatial distribution of methanogens and methanogenic biosignatures in hypersaline microbial mats of Baja California. Geobiology, 6(4), 376–393. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00166.x
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Orphan, V. J., Turk, K. A., Green, A. M., & House, C. H. (2009). Patterns of 15 N assimilation and growth of methanotrophic ANME-2 archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria within structured syntrophic consortia revealed by FISH-SIMS. Environmental Microbiology, 11(7), 1777–1791. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01903.x
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Vogel, M. B., Des Marais, D. J., Parenteau, M. N., Jahnke, L. L., Turk, K. A., & Kubo, M. D. Y. (2010). Biological influences on modern sulfates: Textures and composition of gypsum deposits from Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Sedimentary Geology, 223(3-4), 265–280. doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.11.013
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Vogel, M. B., Des Marais, D. J., Turk, K. A., Parenteau, M. N., Jahnke, L. L., & Kubo, M. D. Y. (2009). The Role of Biofilms in the Sedimentology of Actively Forming Gypsum Deposits at Guerrero Negro, Mexico. Astrobiology, 9(9), 875–893. doi:10.1089/ast.2008.0325
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Email:
kat@caltech.edu
Past NAI Teams
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Ames Research Center
CAN 3