Publications

2023

  • Ramey‐Lariviere, J. Y., Gong, J., Baldes, M. J., Chatterjee, N., Bosak, T., … & Pruss, S. B. (2023). Organic‐rich bimineralic ooids record biological processes in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Geobiology.

  • Simon, J. I., Hickman-Lewis, K., Cohen, B. A., Mayhew, L. E., Shuster, D. L., Debaille, V., ... Bosak, T., & Williford, K. H. (2023). Samples collected from the floor of Jezero Crater with the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128(6)

  • Moore, K. R., Daye, M., Gong, J., Williford, K., Konhauser, K., & Bosak, T. (2023). A review of microbial‐environmental interactions recorded in Proterozoic carbonate‐hosted chert. Geobiology, 21(1), 3-27.

2022

  • Scheller, E. L., Razzell Hollis, J., Cardarelli, E. L., Steele, A., Beegle, L. W., Bhartia, R., ... Bosak, T., … & Zorzano, M. P. (2022). Aqueous alteration processes in Jezero crater, Mars—implications for organic geochemistry. Science, 378(6624), 1105-1110.

  • Bell III, J. F., Maki, J. N., Alwmark, S., Ehlmann, B. L., Fagents, S. A., Grotzinger, J. P., ... , Bosak, T., … & Yingling, R. (2022). Geological, multispectral, and meteorological imaging results from the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover in Jezero crater. Science Advances, 8(47)

  • Moore, K. R., Present, T. M., Pavia, F., Grotzinger, J. P., Hollis, J. R., Sharma, S., ... Bosak, T., … & Williford, K. (2022). Biosignature Preservation Aided by Organic-Cation Interactions in Proterozoic Tidal Environments. Palaios, 37(9), 486-498.

  • Liu, Y., Tice, M. M., Schmidt, M. E., Treiman, A. H., Kizovski, T. V., Hurowitz, J. A., ... Bosak, T., … & Zorzano, M. P. (2022). An olivine cumulate outcrop on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars. Science, 377(6614), 1513-1519.

  • Saunders, J. K., McIlvin, M. R., Dupont, C. L., Kaul, D., Moran, D. M., Horner, T., ... Bosak, T., … & Saito, M. A. (2022). Microbial functional diversity across biogeochemical provinces in the central Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(37).

  • Farley, K. A., Stack, K. M., Shuster, D. L., Horgan, B. H. N., Hurowitz, J. A., Tarnas, J. D., ... Bosak, T., … & Zorzano, M. P. (2022). Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars. Science, 377(6614)

  • Wiens, R. C., Udry, A., Beyssac, O., Quantin-Nataf, C., Mangold, N., Cousin, A., ... Bosak, T., … & SuperCam Team. (2022). Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars. Science Advances, 8(34).

  • Skoog, E. J., Moore, K. R., Gong, J., Ciccarese, D., Momper, L., Cutts, E. M., & Bosak, T. (2022). Metagenomic,(bio) chemical, and microscopic analyses reveal the potential for the cycling of sulfated EPS in Shark Bay pustular mats. ISME Communications, 2(1), 43.

  • Cutts, E. M., Baldes, M. J., Skoog, E. J., Hall, J., Gong, J., Moore, K. R., & Bosak, T. (2022). Using molecular tools to understand microbial carbonates. Geosciences, 12(5), 185.

  • Udry, A., Ostwald, A., Sautter, V., Cousin, A., Beyssac, O., Forni, O., ... Bosak, T., … & Treiman, A. (2022). A Mars 2020 perseverance SuperCam perspective on the igneous nature of the Máaz formation at Jezero crater and link with Séítah, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets.

2021

  • Mangold, N., Gupta, S., Gasnault, O., Dromart, G., Tarnas, J. D., Sholes, S. F., ... Bosak, T., … & Williford, K. H. (2021). Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars. Science, 374(6568), 711-717.

  • Fournier, G. P., Moore, K. R., Rangel, L. T., Payette, J. G., Momper, L., & Bosak, T. (2021). The Archean origin of oxygenic photosynthesis and extant cyanobacterial lineages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1959).

  • Murshid, S., Mariotti, G., Pruss, S. B., Bosak, T., & Suosaari, E. P. (2021). Seasonal changes in sediment erodibility in a sandy carbonate environment detected from turbidity time series. Marine Geology, 439.

  • Moore, K. R., Gong, J., Pajusalu, M., Skoog, E. J., Xu, M., Feliz Soto, T., ... & Bosak, T. (2021). A new model for silicification of cyanobacteria in Proterozoic tidal flats. Geobiology, 19(5), 438-449.

  • Bosak, T., Moore, K. R., Gong, J., & Grotzinger, J. P. (2021). Searching for biosignatures in sedimentary rocks from early Earth and Mars. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2(7), 490-506.

  • Rojas, C. A., De Santiago Torio, A., Park, S., Bosak, T., & Klepac-Ceraj, V. (2021). Organic electron donors and terminal electron acceptors structure anaerobic microbial communities and interactions in a permanently stratified sulfidic lake. Frontiers in microbiology, 12.

2020

  • Moore, K. R., Pajusalu, M., Gong, J., Sojo, V., Matreux, T., Braun, D., & Bosak, T. (2020). Biologically mediated silicification of marine cyanobacteria and implications for the Proterozoic fossil record. Geology, 48(9).

  • Hall, J. G., Smith, E. F., Tamura, N., Fakra, S. C., & Bosak, T. (2020). Preservation of erniettomorph fossils in clay-rich siliciclastic deposits from the Ediacaran Wood Canyon Formation, Nevada. Interface focus, 10(4).

  • Shang, H., Daye, M., Sivan, O., Borlina, C. S., Tamura, N., Weiss, B. P., & Bosak, T. (2020). Formation of zerovalent iron in iron-reducing cultures of Methanosarcina barkeri. Environmental science & technology, 54(12), 7354-7365.

2019

  • Daye, M., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Pajusalu, M., Rowland, S., Farrell-Sherman, A., Beukes, N., ... & Bosak, T. (2019). Light-driven anaerobic microbial oxidation of manganese. Nature, 576(7786), 311-314.

  • Momper, L., Hu, E., Moore, K. R., Skoog, E. J., Tyler, M., Evans, A. J., & Bosak, T. (2019). Metabolic versatility in a modern lineage of cyanobacteria from terrestrial hot springs. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 140, 224-232.

  • Moore, K. R., Magnabosco, C., Momper, L., Gold, D. A., Bosak, T., & Fournier, G. P. (2019). An expanded ribosomal phylogeny of cyanobacteria supports a deep placement of plastids. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10.

  • Daye, M., Higgins, J., & Bosak, T. (2019). Formation of ordered dolomite in anaerobic photosynthetic biofilms. Geology, 47(6), 509-512.

2018

  • Pajusalu, M., Borlina, C. S., Seager, S., Ono, S., & Bosak, T. (2018). Open-source sensor for measuring oxygen partial pressures below 100 microbars. PLoS One, 13(11).

  • Mariotti, G., Pruss, S. B., Summons, R. E., Newman, S. A., & Bosak, T. (2018). Contribution of benthic processes to the growth of ooids on a low-energy shore in Cat Island, The Bahamas. Minerals, 8(6), 252.

  • McMahon, S., Bosak, T., Grotzinger, J. P., Milliken, R. E., Summons, R. E., Daye, M., ... & Briggs, D. E. G. (2018). A field guide to finding fossils on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123(5), 1012-1040.

2017

  • Moore, K. R., Bosak, T., Macdonald, F., Du, K., Newman, S. A., Lahr, D. J., & Pruss, S. B. (2017). Pyritized Cryogenian cyanobacterial fossils from arctic Alaska. Palaios, 32(12), 769-778.

  • Newman, S. A., Klepac‐Ceraj, V., Mariotti, G., Pruss, S. B., Watson, N., & Bosak, T. (2017). Experimental fossilization of mat‐forming cyanobacteria in coarse‐grained siliciclastic sediments. Geobiology, 15(4), 484-498.

  • Moore, K. R., Bosak, T., Macdonald, F. A., Lahr, D. J. G., Newman, S., Settens, C., & Pruss, S. B. (2017). Biologically agglutinated eukaryotic microfossil from Cryogenian cap carbonates. Geobiology, 15(4), 499-515.

  • Zaarur, S., Wang, D. T., Ono, S., & Bosak, T. (2017). Influence of phosphorus and cell geometry on the fractionation of sulfur isotopes by several species of Desulfovibrio during microbial sulfate reduction. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 890.

  • Antler, G., Turchyn, A. V., Ono, S., Sivan, O., & Bosak, T. (2017). Combined 34S, 33S and 18O isotope fractionations record different intracellular steps of microbial sulfate reduction. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 203, 364-380.

  • O'reilly, S. S., Mariotti, G., Winter, A. R., Newman, S. A., Matys, E. D., McDermott, F., ... Bosak, T., … & Klepac‐Ceraj, V. (2017). Molecular biosignatures reveal common benthic microbial sources of organic matter in ooids and grapestones from Pigeon Cay, The Bahamas. Geobiology, 15(1), 112-130.