2005-2009
A contemporary microbially maintained subglacial ferrous ocean
Mikucki JA, Pearson A, Johnston DT, Turchyn AV, Farquhar J, Schrag DP, Anbar AD, Priscu JC, Lee PA (2009) Science 324
The radiocarbon signature of microorganisms in the mesopelagic ocean
Hansman RL, Griffin S, Watson JT, Druffel ERM, Ingalls AE, Pearson A, Aluwihare LI (2009) PNAS 106(16):6513-6518
Global cooling during the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition
Liu Z, Pagani M, Zinniker D, DeConto R, Huber M, Brinkuis H, Shah SR, Leckie M, Pearson A (2009) Science 323
Oligoprenyl-curcumanes and other new aromatic isoprenoids from the 1.64 billion year old Barney Creek formation
Brocks JJ, Bosak T, Pearson A (2009) Organic Geochemistry 40:795–801
An interlaboratory study of TEX86 and BIT analysis using high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
Schouten S, Hopmans EC, van der Meer J, Mets A, Bard E, Bianchi TS, Diefendorf A, Freeman KH, Furukawa Y, Huguet C, Ingalls A, Me´not-Combes G, Nederbragt AJ, Oba M, Pearson A, Pearson EJ, Rosell-Mele A, Schaeffer P, Shah SR, Shanahan TM, Smith RW, Smittenberg R, Talbot HM, Uchida M, Van Mooy BAS, Yamamoto M, Zhang Z, Sinninghe Damste JS (2009) Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10
Diversity of hopanoids and squalene-hopene cyclases across a tropical land-sea gradient
Pearson A, Leavitt WD, Sáenz JP, Summons RE, Tam MC-M, Close HG (2009) Environmental Microbiology 11(5), 1208–1223
Anoxygenic photosynthesis modulated Proterozoic oxygen and sustained Earths middle age
Johnston DT, Wolfe-Simon F, Pearson A, Knoll AH (2009) PNAS 106(40):16925–16929
A method for determining the nitrogen isotopic composition of porphyrins
Higgins MB, Robinson RS, Casciotti KL, McIlvin MR, Pearson A (2009) Analytical Chemistry 81:184–192
Distribution of microbial terpenoid lipid cyclases in the global ocean metagenome
Pearson A & Rusch DB (2009) The ISME Journal 3:352–363
Who lives in the sea floor
Pearson A (2008) Nature 454
Sporulenes - heptaprenyl metabolites from Bacillus subtilis spores
Kontnik R, Bosak T, Butcher RA, Brocks JJ, Losick R, Clardy J, Pearson A (2008) Organic Letters 10(16):3551-3554
Sterols in a unicellular relative of the metazoans
Kodner RB, Summons RE, Pearson A, King N, Knoll AH (2008) PNAS 105(29):9897-9902
Sterols in red and green algae - quantification phylogeny and relevance for the interpretation of geologic steranes
Kodner RB, Pearson A, Summons RE, Knoll AH (2008) Geobiology 6:411–420
Factors controlling the distribution of archaeal tetraethers in terrestrial hot springs
Pearson A, Pi Y, Zhae W, Li WJ, Li Y, Inskeep W, Perevalova A, Romanek C, Li S, Zhang CL (2008) Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74(11):3523-3532
A polycyclic terpenoid that alleviates oxidative stress
Bosak T, Losick RM, Pearson A (2008) PNAS 105(18):6725–6729
Quantifying microbial utilization of petroleum hydrocarbons in salt marsh sediments by using the 13C content of bacterial rRNA
Pearson A, Kraunz KS, Sessions AL, Dekas AE, Leavitt WD, Edwards KJ (2008) Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74(4):1157-1166
Using SPIRAL - Single Pollen Isotope Ratio AnaLysis - to estimate C3- and C4-grass abundance in the paleorecord
Nelson DM, Hu FS, Scholes DR, Joshi N, Pearson A (2008) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 269:11–16
Vertical distribution of microbial lipids and functional genes in chemically distinct layers of a highly polluted meromictic lake
Ertefai TF, Fisher MC, Fredricks HF, Lippa JS, Pearson A, Birgei D, Udert KM, Cavanaugh CM, Gschwend PM, Hinrichs K-U (2008) Organic Geochemistry 39:1572–1588
Origins of archaeal tetraether lipids in sediments - Insights from radiocarbon analysis
Shah SR, Mollenhauer G, Ohkouchi N, Eglinton TI, Pearson A (2008) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72:4577–4594
Isolation characterization and ecology of sulfur-respiring Crenarchaea inhabiting acid-sulfate-chloride-containing geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park
Boyd ES, Jackson RA, Encarnacion G, Zahn JA, Beard T, Leavitt WD, Pi Y, Zhang CL, Pearson A, Geesey GG (2007) Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(20):6669-6677
Novel hopanoid cyclases from the environment
Pearson A, Flood Page SR, Jorgenson TL, Fischer WW, Higgins MB (2007) Environmental Microbiology 9(9):2175–2188
Carbon-isotopic analysis of individual pollen grains from C3 and C4 grasses using a spooling-wire microcombustion interface
Nelson DM, Hu FS, Mikucki JA, Tian J, Pearson A (2007) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71:4005–4014
Ultra-microscale - 5–25 μg C - analysis of individual lipids by 14C AMS - Assessment and correction for sample processing blanks
Shah SR & Pearson A (2007) Radiocarbon 49(1):69-82
Hypotheses for the origin and early evolution of triterpenoid cyclases
Fischer WW & Pearson A (2007) Geobiology 5:19–34
Thermophilic temperature optimum for crenarchaeol synthesis and its implication for Archaeal evolution
Zhang, CL, Pearson A, Li Y-L, Mills G, Wiegel J (2006) Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(6):4419-4422
Quantifying archaeal community autotrophy in the mesopelagic ocean using natural radiocarbon
Ingalls AE, Shah SR, Hansman RL Aluwihare LI, Santos GM, Druffel ERM, Pearson A (2006) PNAS 103(17):6442-6447
Building the biomarker tree of life
Brocks JJ & Pearson A (2005) Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry 59:233-258
Ten years of compound-specific radiocarbon analysis
Ingalls AE & Pearson A (2005) Oceanography 18:3
Bacterial incorporation of relict carbon in the hydrothermal environment of Guaymas Basin
Pearson A, Seewald JS, Eglinton TI (2005) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69(23):5477-5486
Targeted genomic detection of biosynthetic pathways - anaerobic production of hopanoid biomarkers by a common sedimentary microbe
Fischer WW, Summons RE, Pearson A (2005) Geobiology 3:33-40
Vibrational spectroscopy of 3,4-difluorocyclobutenes: cis-d(0), trans-d(0) and trans-d(4) species.
Craig NC, Brickey TW, Lingenfelter PT, Osmani AS, Rathore MO, Pearson A (2005) Spectrochimica Acta A – Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 61, 1571-1583.