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(2017) Cyanobacterial Intracellular Carbonatogenesis: Phylogenetic Distribution, Mechanisms and Environmental Implications
Benzerara K, Bitard-Feildel T, Blondeau M, Cam N, Caumes G, Coutaud M, Gorgen S, Dewever A, Diop IS, Callebaut I, Cassier-Chauvat C, Dezi M, Duprat E, Ferard C, Gugger M, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, POinsot M, Sachse M & Skouri-Panet F
This presentation is the F. Earl Ingerson Lecture Series.
08k/15:00/Wed





(2017) Fe Biomineralization in the Meromictic Lake Pavin
Miot J, Duprat E, Remusat L, Benzerara K, Jézéquel D, Cordier L, Viollier E, Skouri-Panet F, Férard C, Poinsot M, Rivas-Lamelo S, Gonzalez A, Pont S & Berg J
15l/16:30/Mon

(2017) Microorganisms are Major Drivers of the P Geochemical Cycle in Lake Pavin (Massif Central, France)
Duprat E, Benzerara K, Lefèvre C, Monteil C, Jézéquel D, Menguy N, Viollier E, Guyot F, Férard C, Miot J, Poinsot M, Rivas-Lamelo S, Skouri-Panet F & Trcera N
21a/3123/Thu



(2022) Active but Hidden Role of DOC in the C Cycle of Precambrian Analogs Stratified Lakes: An Isotopic Study
Havas R, Thomazo C, López-García P, Jézéquel D, Iniesto M, Moreira D, Tavera R, Caumartin J, Muller E & Benzerara K


(2022) Intracellular Formation of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate by Bacteria: From Molecular Actors to Environmental Impacts
Benzerara K, Gaëtan J, Mehta N, Millet M, Duprat E, Skouri-Panet F, Travert C, Leloup J, Halary S, Moreira D & Callebaut I


(2022) Lake Pavin is a Microbial Mineralization Oasis
Lefevre CT, Menguy N, Benzerara K, Busigny V, Mangin CC, Mehta N, Travert C, Bolzoni R, Bidaud CC, Mathon FP, Jézéquel D, Viollier E, Skouri-Panet F, Duprat E & Monteil CL



(2021) Microbial Ecology of Intracellular Calcium Carbonate Biomineralization by Bloom-Forming Cyanobacteria
Gaëtan J, Mehta N, Duprat E, Bruley A, Skouri-Panet F, Gugger M, Bernard C, Duval C, Leloup J & Benzerara K

(2021) Physico-Chemical and Biological Controls on Microbialite Formation: Experimental Biomineralization in Open System
Muller E, Benzerara K, Havas R, Iniesto M, Jézéquel D, López-García P, Moreira D, Tavera R, Thomazo C, Vennin E & Zeyen N

(2021) Sub-Micrometer Pyrites in Microbialites Record Equilibrium S Isotope Fractionation by Microbial Sulfate Reduction Independently of the Sulfate Concentration of the Water
Marin-Carbonne J, Decraene M-N, Remusat L, Havas R, Thomazo C, Pasquier V, Alleon J, Zeyen N, Bernard S, Escrig S, Vennin E, Meibom A & Benzerara K

(2021) Biomineralization of Intracelllar Amorphous Calcium Carbonates (ACC) by Bacteria: Molecular Mechanisms, Evolutionary History and Environmental Significance
Benzerara K, Bitard-Feildel T, Bolzoni R, Cassier-Chauvat C, Caumes G, Chauvat F, Dezi M, Diop I, Duprat E, Gaschignard G, Görgen S, Lefevre C, López-García P, Menguy N, Monteil C, Moreira D, Skouri-Panet F & Callebaut I


(2021) Biomineralization of (Fe, Mn)-rich Silicates in an Oxic Environment by Oxygenic Photosynthesizers
Benzerara K, Ciobanu M, Elmaleh A, Iniesto M, Jézéquel D, López-García P, Menguy N, Skouri-Panet F, Tavera R & Moreira D

(2021) Carbon Cycle Dynamics in Microbialite-Hosting Alkaline Crater Lakes as Precambrian Analogs
Havas R, Thomazo C, López-García P, Jézéquel D, Iniesto M, Moreira D, Vennin E, Tavera R, Muller E & Benzerara K

(2020) Biomineralization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate (ACC) is Widespread in Bacteria
Benzerara K, Bidaud C, Bolzoni R, Duprat E, Menguy N, Monteil C & Lefevre C

(2020) Life Limits and Biomorph Formation along Polyextreme Gradients in the Geothermal Area of Dallol (Ethiopia)
Lopez-Garcia P, Belilla J, Benzerara K, Lopez-Garcia JM, Jardillier L, Reboul G, Bertolino P, Lopez-Archilla AI & Moreira D

(2019) Phosphorus Sequestration by Magnetotactic Bacteria in the Water Column of Lake Pavin: Insight into the Biological and Environmental Controls
Bidaud C, Benzerara K, Billard H, Colombet J, Duprat E, Jézéquel D, Lefèvre C, Lehours A-C, Menguy N, Poinsot M & Skouri-Panet F



(2016) Serpentinization in Carbonaceous Chondrites: A Nanoscale Mineralogical Study
Elmaleh A, Bourdelle F, Menguy N, Benzerara K, Leroux H, Caste F & Fialin M

(2016) Microbial Calcification in the Rock Record: Learning from Field- and Laboratory-Based Studies Down to the nm-Scale
Benzerara K, Cam N, Cosmidis J, Duprat E, Li J, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, Saghaï A, Skouri-Panet F & Zeyen N

(2016) Light Element Isotopic Composition in Ultra-Carbonaceous Antarctic Micrometeorites
Duprat J, Engrand C, Bardin N, Dartois E, Baklouti D, Benzerara K, Delauche L, Dobrica E, Marie G, Guerquin-Kern J-L, Kakazu Y, Leroux H, Quirico E, Remusat L, Slodzian G & Wu T-D





(2015) Microbial Metabolic Activities Shaping Pelagic Iron-Rich Aggregates (Iron Snow)
Lu S, Huang S, Gaspar M, Miot J, Neu T, Overman J, Marz M, Benzerara K, Küsel K & Cooper R

(2015) Non-Cyanobacterial Lineages Likely Contribute to Carbonate Precipitation in Modern Microbialites
Saghaï A, Benzerara K, Zeyen N, Zivanovic Y, Moreira D, Bertolino P & López-García P

(2015) Intracellular Ca-Carbonate Biomineralization in Cyanobacteria: New Facts and Some Speculations
Benzerara K, Blondeau M, Cam N, Etique M, Férard C, Margaret-Oliver I & Skouri-Panet F






(2013) Intracellular Calcification by Cyanobacteria: A Significant Controlled Biomineralization Process
Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Ragon M, Cam N, Li J, Ferard C, Lambert J-F, Georgelin T, Jaber M, Moreira D, Lopez-Garcia P & Julie C

(2013) Bacterial Formation of Fe-Phosphates in the Water Column of Meromictic Ferruginous Lake Pavin (Massif Central, France)
Cosmidis J, Benzerara K, Morin G, Busigny V, Jézéquel D, Lebeau O, Noël V, Dublet G & Othmane G

(2012) Redox Reactions Affecting Arsenic at Iron-(oxyhydr)oxide Mineral Surfaces
Morin G, Ona-Nguema G, Benzerara K, Juillot F, Wang Y, Hohmann C, Obst M, Kappler A & Brown Jr. GE


(2012) Isotopic and Petrologic Evidence for Graphite Formation by Carbonate Reduction in Blueschist Metamorphic Rocks
Galvez ME, Martinez I, Beyssac O, Benzerara K, Malvoisin B, Chopin C & Malavieille J

(2012) An Early-Branching Microbialite Cyanobacterium Forms Intracellular Carbonates
Couradeau E, Benzerara K, Gerard E, Moreira D, Bernard S, Brown Jr. GE & Lopez-Garcia P



(2011) Experimental Investigation of the Stability of Fe-Rich Carbonates in the Lower Mantle
Boulard E, Menguy N, Auzende A-L, Benzerara K, Bureau H, Antonangeli D, Corgne A, Morard G, Siebert J, Perrillat J-P, Guyot F & Fiquet G

(2011) Redox Reactions on Mineral Surfaces: Spectroscopic and Imaging Studies at the Molecular Level
Brown G, Morin G, Ona-Nguema G, Juillot F, Fandeur D, Benzerara K, Calas G, Wang Y, Ha J, Kaya S, Kendelewicz T, Spormann A & Nilsson A

(2011) Early Fossilization Process of Cyanobacteria in Modern Microbialites
Couradeau E, Benzerara K, Gerard E, Esteve I, Moreira D & Lopez-Garcia P




(2009) 2D, 3D, and in situ STXM in Geomicrobiology
Obst M, Wang J, Karunakaran C, Benzerara K, Dynes JJ, Lawrence JR, Swerhone GDW & Hitchcock AP


(2009) Iron Biomineralization by Neutrophilic Nitrate-Reducing Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria
Miot J, Benzerara K, Morin G, Kappler A, Obst M, Brown, Jr. GE & Guyot F

(2009) Geomicrobiology of Microbialites from the Alchichica Alkaline Lake
Couradeau E, Benzerara K, López-García P, Moreira D & Gérard E


(2009) Imaging Traces of Life in Metamorphic Rocks Using Raman, STXM and NanoSIMS
Bernard S, Beyssac O, Benzerara K, Brown Jr. GE, Mostefaoui S, Meibom A & Goffe B

(2008) Synchrotron X-Ray Studies of Bacteria-Mineral-Metal Ion Interactions
Brown, Jr. GE, Gelabert A, Wang Y, Cismasu C, Ha J, Ona-Nguema G, Benzerara K, Morin G & Wang Y






(2007) Study at the Nanoscale of the Alteration of Submarine Basaltic Glass from the Ontong Java Plateau
Miot J, Benzerara K, Banerjee NR, Menguy N, Tyliszczak T, Brown, Jr. GE & Guyot F


(2006) Applications of synchrotron radiation to processes at environmental interfaces
Brown GE, Benzerara K, Yoon TH, Ha J, Cordova CD, Spormann AM, Tyliszczak T, Tanwar KS, Trainor TP & Eng PJ



(2005) Nanoscale Environments Associated with Bioweathering of a Mg-Fe-Pyroxene
Benzerara K, Yoon T, Menguy N, Guyot F, Tyliszczak T & Brown Jr. GE




(2000) The Tatahouine Meteorite: A Case Study of Life Under Extreme Conditions
Gillet P, Achouak W, Barrat J, Benzerara K, Guyot F, Heulin T, Lemelle L & Lesourd M

(2000) Experimental Study of Culture Media of a Bacteria from Dry Environment
Benzerara K, Lemelle L, Heulin T, Barakat M, Lesourd M, Guyot F & Gillet P

Committee member

Goldschmidt2017 Organising Committee: Treasurer of the Host Society

Theme chair

Goldschmidt2017 - Theme 08: Nano to microscale processes in geochemistry

Session convener

Goldschmidt2020 - Session 07c: Mineral Crystallization, Aggregation, and Dissolution