Saito, R, Wörmer, L, Taubner, H, Kaiho, K, Takahashi, S, Tian, L, Ikeda, M, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2023) Centennial scale sequences of environmental deterioration preceded the end-Permian mass extinction. Nature Communications, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37717-0
Boyer, GM, Schubotz, F, Summons, RE, Woods, J and Shock, EL (2020) Carbon oxidation state in microbial polar lipids suggests adaptation to hot spring temperature and redox gradients. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00229
Hull, PM, Bornemann, A, Penman, DE, Henehan, MJ, Norris, RD, Wilson, PA, Blum, P, Alegret, L, Batenburg, SJ, Bown, PR, Bralower, TJ, Cournède, C, Deutsch, A, Donner, B, Friedrich, O, Jehle, S, Kim, H, Kroon, D, Lippert, PC, Loroch, D, Moebius, I, Moriya, K, Peppe, DJ, Ravizza, GE, Röhl, U, Schueth, JD, Sepúlveda, J, Sexton, PF, Sibert, EC, Śliwińska, KK, Summons, RE, Thomas, E, Westerhold, T, Whiteside, JH, Yamaguchi, T and Zachos, JC (2020) On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Science, 367(6475). 266-272. doi:10.1126/science.aay5055
Wörmer, L, Gajendra, N, Schubotz, F, Matys, ED, Evans, TW, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2020) A micrometer‐scale snapshot on phototroph spatial distributions: mass spectrometry imaging of microbial mats in Octopus Spring, Yellowstone National Park. Geobiology. doi:10.1111/gbi.12411
Illing, CJ, Hallmann, C, Scott, AC, Collinson, ME, Briggs, DEG, Strauss, H and Summons, RE (2019) Heterogeneity of free and occluded bitumen in a natural maturity sequence from Oligocene Lake Enspel. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 245. 240-265. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2018.10.021
Carr, SA, Schubotz, F, Dunbar, RB, Mills, CT, Dias, R, Summons, RE and Mandernack, KW (2018) Acetoclastic Methanosaeta are dominant methanogens in organic-rich Antarctic marine sediments. The ISME Journal, 12(2). 330-342. doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.150
Liu, XL, Lipp, JS, Birgel, D, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2018) Predominance of parallel glycerol arrangement in archaeal tetraethers from marine sediments: Structural features revealed from degradation products. Organic Geochemistry, 115. 12-23. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.09.009
Liu, XL, Birgel, D, Elling, FJ, Sutton, PA, Lipp, JS, Zhu, R, Zhang, C, Könneke, M, Peckmann, JL, Rowland, SJ, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2016) From ether to acid: A plausible degradation pathway of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 183. 138-152. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.04.016
Ferralis, N, Matys, ED, Knoll, AH, Hallmann, C and Summons, RE (2016) Rapid, direct and non-destructive assessment of fossil organic matter via microRaman spectroscopy. Carbon, 108. 440-449. doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2016.07.039
Bosak, T, Schubotz, F, de Santiago-Torio, A, Kuehl, JV, Carlson, HK, Watson, N, Daye, M, Summons, RE, Arkin, AP and Deutschbauer, AM (2016) System-wide adaptations of Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20 to phosphate-limited conditions. PLOS ONE, 11(12). e0168719. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168719
French, KL, Hallmann, C, Hope, JM, Schoon, PL, Zumberge, JA, Hoshino, Y, Peters, CA, George, SC, Love, GD, Brocks, JJ, Buick, R and Summons, RE (2015) Reappraisal of hydrocarbon biomarkers in Archean rocks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(19). 5915-5920. doi:10.1073/pnas.1419563112
Schubotz, F, Meyer-Dombard, DR, Bradley, AS, Fredricks, HF, Hinrichs, KU, Shock, EL and Summons, RE (2013) Spatial and temporal variability of biomarkers and microbial diversity reveal metabolic and community flexibility in Streamer Biofilm Communities in the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. Geobiology, 11(6). 549-569. doi:10.1111/gbi.12051
Schouten, S, Hopmans, EC, Rosell-Melé, A, Pearson, A, Adam, P, Bauersachs, T, Bard, E, Bernasconi, SM, Bianchi, TS, Brocks, JJ, Carlson, LT, Castañeda, IS, Derenne, S, Selver, AD, Dutta, K, Eglinton, TI, Fosse, C, Galy, V, Grice, K, Hinrichs, KU, Huang, Y, Huguet, A, Huguet, C, Hurley, S, Ingalls, A, Jia, G, Keely, B, Knappy, C, Kondo, M, Krishnan, S, Lincoln, S, Lipp, JS, Mangelsdorf, K, Martinez-Garcia, A, Ménot, G, Mets, A, Mollenhauer, G, Ohkouchi, N, Ossebaar, J, Pagani, M, Pancost, RD, Pearson, EJ, Peterse, F, Reichart, GJ, Schaeffer, P, Schmitt, G, Schwark, L, Shah, SR, Smith, RW, Smittenberg, RH, Summons, RE, Takano, Y, Talbot, HM, Taylor, KWR, Tarozo, R, Uchida, M, van Dongen, BE, Van Mooy, BAS, Wang, J, Warren, C, Weijers, JWH, Werne, JP, Woltering, M, Xie, S, Yamamoto, M, Yang, H, Zhang, CL, Zhang, Y, Zhao, M and Damsté, JSS (2013) An interlaboratory study of TEX86and BIT analysis of sediments, extracts, and standard mixtures. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(12). 5263-5285. doi:10.1002/2013GC004904
Wakeham, SG, Turich, C, Schubotz, F, Podlaska, A, Li, XN, Varela, R, Astor, Y, Saenz, JP, Rush, D, Damste, JSS, Summons, RE, Scranton, M, Taylor, GT and Hinrichs, KU (2012) Biomarkers, chemistry and microbiology show chemoautotrophy in a multilayer chemocline in the Cariaco Basin. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 63. 133-156. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.01.005
Liu, XL, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2012) Extending the known range of glycerol ether lipids in the environment: structural assignments based on tandem mass spectral fragmentation patterns. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 26(19). 2295-2302. doi:10.1002/rcm.6355
Liu, XL, Lipp, JS, Schröder, JM, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2012) Isoprenoid glycerol dialkanol diethers: A series of novel archaeal lipids in marine sediments. Organic Geochemistry, 43. 50-55. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.11.002
Liu, XL, Lipp, JS, Simpson, JH, Lin, YS, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2012) Mono- and dihydroxyl glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers in marine sediments: Identification of both core and intact polar lipid forms. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 89. 102-115. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.04.053
Sepúlveda, J, Wendler, J, Leider, A, Kuss, HJ, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2009) Molecular-isotopic evidence of environmental and ecological changes across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary in the Levant Platform of central Jordan. Organic Geochemistry, 40. 553-568. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.02.009
Sepúlveda, J, Wendler, J, Summons, RE and Hinrichs, KU (2009) Rapid Resurgence of Marine Productivity After the Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction. Science, 326. 129-132. doi:10.1126/science.1176233
Bradley, AS, Fredricks, HF, Hinrichs, KU and Summons, RE (2009) Structural diversity of diether lipids in carbonate chimneys at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field. Organic Geochemistry, 40(12). 1169-1178. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.09.004
Bühring, S, Smittenberg, RH, Sachse, D, Lipp, JS, Golubic, S, Sachs, JP, Hinrichs, KU and Summons, RE (2009) A hypersaline microbial mat from the Pacific Atoll Kiritimati: Insight into composition and carbon fixation using biomarker analyses and a 13C-labeling approach. Geobiology, 7(3). 308 - 323. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00198.x
Sturt, HF, Summons, RE, Smith, KJ, Elvert, M and Hinrichs, KU (2004) Intact polar membrane lipids in prokaryotes and sediments deciphered by ESI-HPLC-MSn - new biomarkers for biogeochemistry and microbial ecology. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 18. 617-628. doi:10.1002/rcm.1378