THE WITWATERSRAND DEEP MICROBIOLOGY PROJECT: PRIVATE SITE

            Published Papers:

• Onstott et al., 1997. '96 samples
• Kieft et al., 1999. Thermus
• Takai et al., 2000. Alkaphilus aruminator
• Takai et al., 2000. Archaea in '98 samples
• Omar et al., 2003. Fission track thermal history
• Baker et al. 2003. DSR genes in '98 samples
• Svetlana 2002.  Methane production and oxidation in deep subsurface.
• Sherwood-Lollar et al. 2002. Abiogenic methane
• Moser et al. 2002. Microbial sampling in Caves and Mines
• Lippmann et al. 2003.  Noble gas fissure water ages.
• Moser et al. 2003. E5 borehole
• Balkwill et al. 2003.  Thermus
• Onstott et al. 2003.  Carbon Leader
• Kieft et al. 2005. Energy-rich subsurface
• Moser et al. 2005. Desulfotomaculum and Methanobacterium dominate 4-5 km deep fault
• Ward et al. 2004. Microbial hydrocarbon gases in the Witwatersrand Basin
• Lin et al. 2004. Isotopic composition of radiolytic H₂
• Lin et al. 2005. Nuclear power for deep subsurface microbial communities
• Lengke et al. 2005. Mechanisms of Au bioaccumulation by Filamentous Cyanobacteria from Au Cl Complex
• Lengke and Southam 2005. The effect of thiosulfate oxidizing bacteria on the stability of the Au thiosulfate complex
• Sherwood Lollar et al. 2006. Abiogenic and biogenic methane sources
• Lin et al. 2006. Planktonic microbial communities associated with Fracture Derived Groundwater in a Deep Gold Mine of South Africa
• Onstott et al. 2006. The origin and age of biogeochemical trends in the Witwatersrand Basin
• Wanger et al. 2006. Structural and chemical characterization of a 2.8 km deep fracture surface
• Slater et al. 2006. ¹⁴C distribution in methane and DIC in South African Au mines
• Gihring et al. 2006. The distribution of microbial taxa in the subsurface of South Africa
• Pfiffner et al. 2006. PLFA profiles from water, rocks and air samples of deep South African mines
• Trimarco et al. 2006. In situ enrichment of bacteria from a 4-5 km deep fault in South Africa

• Lin et al. 2006. Long-Term Sustainability of a High Energy, Low Diversity Crustal Biome

• Lin et al. 2006 Science Supplement
• Lengke et al. 2006. Bioaccumulation of Au by Filamentous Cyanobacteria between 25 and 200^oC
• Lengke and Southam 2006. Bioaccumulation of Au by SRB cultured in the presence of Au thiosulfate complex
• Moller and van Heerden 2006. Isolation of soluble and membrane associated Fe(III) reductase from Thermus scotoductus (SA-01)
• Opperman and van Heerden 2007. Aerobic Cr(VI) reduction by Thermus scotoductus SA-01

• DeFlaun et al. 2006. Characterization of Geobacillus thermoleovorans from 3.2 km depth

Papers submitted for publication:

• Lachlan et al. 2006. Framboidal pyrite formation in a deep mine biofilm.
• Sherwood Lollar et al. 2006. Hydrologic Controls on Episodic H₂ release from Precambrian fractured rocks – Energy for Deep Subsurface Life on Earth and Mars

Student Theses:

v Morgan, L. 2004. Evidence for S cycling in a deep South African mine.

v Boice E. 2004. S isotope evidence of microbial activity in NeoArchean shale and deep ground water in S. Africa

v Bonin, A.S. 2005. Deep Subsurface Microbiology of South African Gold Mines

v McCuddy, S. 2003. Phylogeny of Archaea and Bacteria isolated from deep South African gold and diamond mines

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