GeoBoydology

2023

Rhim, J.H., A. Zhou, M.J. Amenabar, G.M. Boyer, F.J. Elling, Y. Weber, A. Pearson, E.S. Boyd, and W.D. Leavitt. 2023. Energy metabolism shifts glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipid composition cyclization in the thermoacidophilic archaeon, Acidianus. Applied Environmental Microbiology. In press.
Power, J.F., C.R. Carere, H.E. Welford, D.T. Hudson, K.C. Lee, J.W. Moreau, T.J.G. Ettema, A.-L. Reysenbach, C.K. Lee, D.R. Colman, E.S. Boyd, X.C. Morgan, I.R. McDonald, S.C. Cary, and M.B. Stott. 2023. Allopatric speciation in the bacterial phylum Aquificota enables genus-level endemism in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Nature Communications. In press.
Sims, K.W.W., C.M. Messa, S.R. Scott, A.D. Parsekian, B.J. Carr, A. Miller, A.L. Role, J.B. Lowenstern, R.B. McCleskey, E.L. Shock, M.A. Charette, D.R. Colman, and E.S. Boyd. 2023. Subsurface geological processes and the assembly and diversification of thermophilic microbial communities in hydrothermal systems. Geochemica Cosmochimica Acta. 362. 77-103. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2023.10.021. link.
Kour, M., A. Táborosi, E.S. Boyd, and R.K. Szilagyi. 2023. Development of molecular cluster models to probe pyrite surface reactivity. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 44. 2486-2500. doi: 10.1002/jcc.27213. link.
Spietz, R.L., D. Payne, and E.S. Boyd*. 2023. Methanogens acquire and bioaccumulate Ni during reductive dissolution of nickelian pyrite. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. In press. doi: 10.1128/aem.00991-23. link.
Jagniecki, E.A., M.D. Vanden Berg, E.S. Boyd, D.T. Johnston, and B.K. Baxter. 2023. Sulfate-rich spring seeps and seasonal formation of terraced, crystalline mirabilite mounds along the shores of Great Salt Lake, Utah: Hydrologic and chemical expression of declining lake elevation. Chemical Geology. 636. 121650. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121650. link.
Payne, D., R.L. Spietz, D.L. Newell, P.J. Dykstra, and E.S. Boyd*. 2023. Influence of sulfide on diazotrophic growth of a methanogen and its implications for the origin of nitrogenase. Communications Biology. 6. 799. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05163-9. link. *Corresponding author.
Colman, D.R., A. Veach, A. Stefánsson, L. Wurch, B.S. Belisle, P.T. Podar, Z. Yang, D. Klingeman, K. Senba, K. Murakami, J. Kristjánsson, S.H. Björnsdóttir, E.S. Boyd*, and Mircea Podar. 2023. Tectonic and geological setting influence hot spring microbiology. Environmental Microbiology. 25. 2481–2497. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16472. link. *Co-corresponding author.
Coe, G.L., I.N. Krout, M. Munro-Ehrlich, C.R. Beamish, D. Vorojeikina, D.R. Colman, E.S. Boyd, S.T. Walk, and M.R. Rand. 2023. Assessing the role of the gut microbiome in methylmercury demethylation and elimination in humans and gnotobiotic mice. Archives Toxicology. In Press. doi: 10.1007/s00204-023-03548-7. link.
Thieringer, P.H., E.S. Boyd, A.S. Templeton, and J.R. Spear. 2023. Metapangenomic investigation provides insight into niche differentiation of methanogenic populations from the subsurface serpentinizing environment, Samail Ophiolite, Oman. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1205558. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1205558. link.
Dubnick, A., R.L. Spietz, B. Danielson, M.L. Skidmore, E.S. Boyd, D. Burgess, C. Dhoonmoon, and M. Sharp. 2023. Biogeochemical evolution of ponded meltwater in a High Arctic subglacial tunnel. The Cryosphere.17. 2993-3012. doi: 10.5194/tc-2022-240. link.
Upin, H., D.R. Newell, D.R. Colman, and E.S. Boyd. 2023. Tectonic influences on the geochemical and microbial diversity of Peru hot springs. Communications Earth and Environment. 4. 112. doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-00787-5. link.
Blum, L.N., D.R. Colman, E.A. Eloe-Fadrosh, M. Kellom, E.S. Boyd, O. Zhaxybayeva, and W.D. Leavitt. 2023. Distribution and abundance of tetraether lipid cyclization genes in terrestrial hot springs reflect pH. Environmental Microbiology. In press. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16375. link.
Munro-Ehrlich, M., D.B. Nothaft, E. Fones, J. Matter, A.S. Templeton, and E.S. Boyd*. 2023. Parapatric speciation of Meiothermus in serpentinite-hosted aquifers in Oman. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1138656. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1138656. link. *Corresponding author.
Keller, L., D.R. Colman, and E.S. Boyd*. 2023. An active microbiome in Old Faithful Geyser. PNAS Nexus. 2. pgad066. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad066. link. *Corresponding author.
Fernandes-Martins, M.C., D.R. Colman, and E.S. Boyd*. 2023. Relationships between fluid mixing, biodiversity, and chemosynthetic primary productivity in Yellowstone hot springs. Environmental Microbiology. 25. 1022-1040. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16340. link. *Corresponding author.
Dunham, E.C., L.M. Keller, K.R. Mitchell, M.L. Skidmore, and E.S. Boyd*. 2023. Iron minerals influence the assembly of microbial communities in a basaltic glacial catchment. FEMS Microbial Ecology. 99. fiac155. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiac155. link. *Corresponding author.
Boyd*, E.S., R.L. Spietz, M. Kour, and D.R. Colman. 2023. Crystal ball: A naturalist perspective of microbiology: Examples from methanogenic archaea. Environmental Microbiology. 25. 184-198. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16285. link. *Corresponding author.
2022
Erickson, E., J.E. Gado, L. Avilán, F. Bratti, R.K. Brizendine, P.A. Cox, R. Gill, R. Graham, D.-J. Kim, G. König, W.E. Michener, S. Poudel, K.J. Ramirez, T.J. Shakespeare, M. Zahn, E.S. Boyd, C.M. Payne, J.L. DuBois, D.R. Hall, A.R. Pickford, AlphaFold Team, G.T. Beckham, and J.E. McGeehan. 2022. Sourcing thermotolerant poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase scaffolds from natural diversity. Nature Communications. 13. 7850. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35237-x. link.
McCleskey, R.B., D.K. Nordstrom, S. Hurwitz, D.R. Colman, D.A. Roth, M. Johnson, and E.S. Boyd. 2022. An overview of arsenic in the Yellowstone hydrothermal system. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 432. 107709. doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2022.107709. link.
Colman, D.R., E.A. Kraus, K. Rempfert, A.S. Templeton, J.R. Spear, and E.S. Boyd*. 2022. Deep-branching acetogens in serpentinized subsurface fluids of Oman. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119. e2206845119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2206845119. link. *Corresponding author.
Colman, D.R., M.J. Amenabar, M.C. Fernandes-Martins, and E.S. Boyd*. 2022. Subsurface Archaea associated with rapid geobiological change in a model Yellowstone hot spring. Communications Earth and Environment. 3. 205. doi: 10.1038/s43247-022-00542-2. link. *Corresponding author.
Boyd*, E.S., R.L. Spietz, and D.R. Colman. 2022. Nitrogenase: Providing Nutrients to Feed a Hungry World. International Microbiology Literacy Initiative – Topical Framework Series. 2022. *Corresponding author.
Spietz, R.L., and E.S. Boyd*. The Polymerase Chain Reaction: A Molecular Biology Revolution. International Microbiology Literacy Initiative – Topical Framework Series. 2022. *Corresponding author.
Buessecker, S., M. Palmer, D. Lai, J. Dimapilis, X. Mayali, D. Mosier, J.-Y. Jiao, D.R. Colman, L.M. Keller, E. St. John, M. Miranda, C. Gonzalez, L. Gonzalez, C. Sam, C. Villa, M. Zhuo, N. Bodman, F. Robles, E.S. Boyd, A.D. Cox, B. St. Clair, Z.-S. Hua, W.-J. Li, A.-L. Reysenbach, M.B. Stott, P.K. Weber, J. Pett-Ridge, A.E. Dekas, B.P. Hedlund, and J.A. Dodsworth. 2022. An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea. Nature Communications. 13. 3773. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31452-8. link.
Fones, E.M., A.S. Templeton, D.W. Mogk, and E.S. Boyd*. 2022. Transformation of low molecular weight organic acids by microbial endoliths in subsurface mafic and ultramafic igneous rock. Environmental Microbiology. 24. 4137-4152. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16041. link. *Corresponding author.
Boyd*, E.S. and R.L. Spietz. 2022. Inspired by Nature – the Polymerase Chain Reaction. International Microbiology Literacy Initiative – Topical Framework Series. *Corresponding author.
Spietz, R.L., D. Payne, R. Szilagyi, and E.S. Boyd*. 2022. Reductive biomining of pyrite by methanogens. Trends in Microbiology. 30.1072-1083. link. *Corresponding author.
Spietz, R.L., D. Payne, G. Kulkarni, W.W. Metcalf, E.E. Roden, and E.S. Boyd*. 2022. Investigating abiotic and biotic mechanisms of pyrite reduction. Frontiers in Microbiology. In press. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.878387. link. *Corresponding author.
Krout, I.N., T. Scrimale, D. Vorojekina, E.S. Boyd, and M.D. Rand. 2022. Organomercurial lyase (MerB)-mediated demethylation decreases bacterial methylmercury resistance in the absence of mercuric reductase (MerA). Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88. e00010-22. doi: 10.1128/aem.00010-22. link.
Colman, D.R., G. Labesse, G.V.T. Swapna, J. Stefanakis, G.T. Montelione, E.S. Boyd*, and C.A. Royer. 2022. Structural evolution of the ancient enzyme, dissimilatory sulfite reductase. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics. 1. 1-15. *Co-Corresponding author. doi: 10.1101/2021.12.28.474277. link.
Boyd*, E.S. and D.R. Colman. 2022. Extremophiles. International Microbiology Literacy Initiative – Topical Framework Series. *Corresponding author.
Fecteau, K.M., E.S. Boyd, M.R. Lindsay, M.J. Amenabar, K.J. Robinson, R.V. Debes II, and E.L. Shock. 2022. Cyanobacteria and algae meet at the limits of their habitat ranges in moderately acidic hot springs. JGR – Biogeosciences. 127. e2021JG006446. doi: 10.1029/2021JG006446. link.
2021
Fernandes-Martins, M.C., L.M. Keller, M. Munro-Ehrlich, K.R. Zimlich, M.K. Mettler, A.M. England, R. Clare, K. Surya, D.R. Colman, and E.S. Boyd. Ecological dichotomies arise in microbial communities due to mixing of deep hydrothermal waters and atmospheric gas in a circumneutral Yellowstone hot spring. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87. e01598-21. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01598-21. link. *Corresponding author.
Templeton, A.S., E.T. Ellison, C. Glombitza, Y. Morono, K.R. Rempfert, T.M. Hoehler, S.K. Zeigler, E. Kraus, J.R. Spear, D.B. Nothaft, E. Fones, M. Munro-Ehrlich, E.S. Boyd, L.E. Mayhew, D. Cardace, J.M. Matte, P.B. Kelemen and the Oman Drilling Project Phase II Science Party. 2021. Accessing the subsurface biosphere within rocks undergoing active low-temperature serpentinization in the Samail Ophiolite (Oman Drilling Project). Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. 126. e2021JG006315. doi: 10.1029/2021JG006315. link.
Nothaft, D.B., A.S. Templeton, J.H. Rhim, D.T. Wang, J. Labidi, H.M. Miller, E.S. Boyd, J. M. Matter, S. Ono, E.D. Young, S.H. Kopf, P. Kelemen, M.E. Conrad, N. Fierer and The Oman Drilling Project Science Team. 2021. Geochemical, biological and clumped isotopologue evidence for substantial microbial methane production under carbon limitation in serpentinites of the Samail Ophiolite, Oman. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. 126, e2020JG006025. doi: 10.1029/2020JG006025. link.
Payne, D.R., E.M. Shepard, R.L. Spietz, K. Steward, S. Brumfield, M. Young, B. Bothner, W.E. Broderick, J. B. Broderick, and E.S. Boyd. 2021. Examining pathways of iron and sulfur acquisition, trafficking, deployment, and storage in mineral-grown methanogen cells. Journal of Bacteriology. 203. e00146-21. doi: 10.1128/JB.00146-21. link. *Corresponding author
Nothaft, D.B., A.S. Templeton, E.S. Boyd, J.M. Matter, M. Stute, A.N. Paukert Vankeuren, and The Oman Drilling Project Science Team. 2021. Aqueous geochemical and microbial variation across discrete depth intervals in a peridotite aquifer assessed using a packer system in the Samail Ophiolite, Oman. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. 126. e2021JG006319. doi: 10.1029/2021JG006319. link.
Johnson. C., A. England, R. Munro-Ehrlich, D.R. Colman, J.L. DuBois, and E.S. Boyd. Pathways of iron and sulfur acquisition, cofactor assembly, destination, and storage in diverse archaeal methanogens, methanotrophs, and alkanotrophs. 2021. Journal of Bacteriology. 203. e00117-21. doi: 10.1128/JB.00117-21. link. *Co-corresponding author.
Colman, D.R., M.R. Lindsay, A. Harnish, E.M. Bilbrey, M.J. Amenabar, M.J. Selensky, K.M. Fecteau, R.V. Debes, M. Stott, E.L. Shock, and E.S. Boyd. 2021. Seasonal hydrologic and geologic forcing of hot spring geochemistry and biodiversity. Environmental Microbiology. 23. 4034-4053. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15617. link. *Corresponding author
Christakis, C.A., T. Barkay, and E.S. Boyd. 2021. Expanded diversity and phylogeny of mer genes broadens mercury resistance paradigms and reveals an origin for MerA among thermophilic Archaea. Frontiers in Microbiolology. 682605. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.682605. link. *Corresponding author
Payne, D., R.L. Spietz, and E.S. Boyd. 2021. Reductive dissolution of pyrite by methanogens. ISME J. 15. 3498–3507. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-01028-3. link. *Corresponding author.
Dunham, E.C., J.E. Dore, M.L. Skidmore, E.E. Roden, and E.S. Boyd. 2021. Lithogenic hydrogen supports microbial primary production in glacial environments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 118. e2007051117. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2007051117. link. *Corresponding author.
Fones, E.M., D.R. Colman, E.A. Kraus, R. Stepanauskas, A.S. Templeton, J.R. Spear, and E.S. Boyd. 2021. Diversification of methanogens into hyperalkaline serpentinizing environments through adaptations to minimize oxidant limitation. ISME Journal. 15. 1121-1135. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-00838-1. link. *Corresponding author.
Kraus, E.A., D. Nothaft, B.W. Stamps, K.R. Rempfert, E. Ellison, J.M. Matter, A.S. Templeton, E.S. Boyd, and J.R. Spear. 2021. Molecular evidence for an active microbial methane cycle in subsurface serpentinite-hosted fluids. Applied and Environmental Microbiolology. 87: e02068-20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02068-20. link
Ando, N., B. Barquera, D. Bartlett, E. Boyd, A.A. Burnim, A.S. Byer, D. Colman, R.E. Gillilan, M. Gruebele, G. Makhatadze, C.A. Royer, E. Shock, A.J. Wand, M.B. Watkins. 2020. The molecular basis for life in extreme environments. Annual Review of Biophysics. 50: 343-372. doi: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-100120-072804. link
Chanda, P., M.J. Amenabar, E.S. Boyd, B.L. Beard, and C.M. Johnson. 2021. Fe isotope fractionation during dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction by a thermoacidophile. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 292: 427-451. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.09.025. link
2020
Fortney, N.W., B.L. Beard, J.A. Hutchings, M.R. Shields, T.S. Bianchi, E.S. Boyd, C.M. Johnson, and E.E. Roden. 2020. Geochemical and stable Fe isotopic analysis of dissimilatory microbial iron reduction in Chocolate Pots hot springs, Yellowstone National Park. Astrobiology. 20: 9. doi: 10.1089/ast.2019.2058. link
Losey, N.A., S. Poudel, E.S. Boyd, and M.J. McInerney. 2020. The beta subunit of non-bifurcating NADH-dependent [FeFe]-hydrogenases differ from those of multimeric electron-bifurcating [FeFe]-hydrogenases. 2020. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 1109. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01109. link
Murray, A.E., J. Freudenstein, S. Gribaldo, R. Hatzenpichler, P. Hugenholtz, P. Kämpfer, K.T. Konstantinidis, C.E. Lane, R.T. Papke, D.H Parks, R. Rossello-Mora, M.B Stott, I.C. Sutcliffe, J.C. Thrash, S.N Venter, W.B Whitman, S.G Acinas, R.I. Amann, K. Anantharaman, J. Armengaud, B.J. Baker, R. Barco, H.B. Bode, E.S. Boyd, C.L Brady, P. Carini, P.S.G. Chain, D.R. Colman, K.M DeAngelis, M. Asuncion de los Rios, P. Estrada de los Santos, C.A. Dunlap, J.A Eisen, D. Emerson, T.J.G. Ettema, D. Eveillard, P.R Girguis, U. Hentschel, J.T Hollibaugh, L.A Hug, W.P. Inskeep, E.P. Ivanova, H.-P. Klenk, W.-J. Li, K.G. Lloyd, F.E. Löffler, T. Makhalanyane, D.P Moser, T. Nunoura, M. Palmer, V. Parro, C. Pedrós-Alió, A.J. Probst, T.H.M.Smits, A.D. Steen, E.T Steenkamp, A. Spang, F.J Stewart, J.M Tiedje, P. Vandamme, M. Wagner, F.-P. Wang, B.P. Hedlund, A.-L. Reysenbach. 2020. Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria. Nature Microbiology. 5: 987–994. doi:10.1038/s41564-020-0733-x. link
Merino, N., M. Kawai, D.R. Colman, E.S. Boyd, S. McGlynn, K. Nealson, K. Kurokawa, and Y. Hongoh. Single-cell genomics of novel Actinobacteria with the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway discovered in a serpentinizing system. 2020. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 1031. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.01031. link
Sims, K.W.W., R. Aster, G. Gaetani, P. Wallace, J. Blichert-Toft, E. Phillips, G. Mattioli, D. Rasmussen, and E.S. Boyd. 2020. Mount Erebus Volcano: An unparalleled natural laboratory to study alkaline magmatism and open-conduit volcano behavior. In Volcanism in Antarctica: 200 Million Years of Subduction, Rifting and Continental Break-Up. ed Adelina Geyer. Geological Society of London. In press. doi: 10.1144/M55-2019-8.
Kanik, M., R. Munro-Ehrlich, M.C. Fernandes-Martins, D. Payne, K. Gianoulias, L. Keller, A. Kubacki, M.R. Lindsay, B.K. Baxter, M.D. Vanden Berg, D.R. Colman, and E.S. Boyd. 2020. Unexpected abundance and diversity of phototrophs in mats from morphologically variable microbialites in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86: e00165-20. doi:10.1128/AEM.00165-20. link
Hartman, R., L. Biewenga, J. Munson-McGee, M. Refai, E.S. Boyd, B. Bothner, C.M. Lawrence, and M. Young. 2020. Discovery and characterization of TSPV1: A spherical archaeal virus decorated with filaments. Journal of Virology. 94: e00036-20. doi:10.1128/JVI.00036-20. link
Colman, D.R., M.R. Lindsay, M.J. Amenabar, M.C. Fernandes-Martins, E.R. Roden, and E.S. Boyd. 2020. Phylogenomic analysis of novel Diaforarchaea is consistent with sulfite but not sulfate reduction in volcanic environments on early Earth. ISME Journal. 14: 1316–1331. doi:10.1038/s41396-020-0611-9. link
Dunham, E.C., E.M. Fones, M.R. Lindsay, C. Steuer, N. Fox, M. Willis, A. Walsh, D.R. Colman, B.K. Baxter, D. Lageson, D. Mogk, A. Rupke, H. Xu, and E.S. Boyd. 2020. An ecological perspective on dolomite formation in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Frontiers in Earth Science. 8: 24. doi:10.3389/feart.2020.00024. link
Greening, C, and E.S. Boyd. 2020. Editorial: Microbial hydrogen metabolism. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 56. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00056. link
Boyd, E.S., M.A. Amenabar, S. Poudel, and A.S. Templeton. 2020. Bioenergetic constraints on the origin of autotrophic life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 378: 20190151. doi:10.1098/rsta.2019.0151. link
Lindsay, M.R., E.C. Dunham, and E.S. Boyd. 2020. Microbialites of Great Salt Lake. 2019. In Great Salt Lake: Biology of a terminal lake in the age of change. B.K. Baxter and J.K. Butler, Editors. Springer-Verlag. pp 87-118. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-40352-2_4. ISBN13: 9783030403515. link
2019
Colman, D.R., M.R. Lindsay, M.J. Amenabar, and E.S. Boyd. 2019. The intersection of geology, geochemistry, and microbiology in continental hydrothermal systems. Astrobiology. 19: 1505-1522. doi:10.1089/ast.2018.2016. link
Payne, D., E. Mohr, I. Miller, E.C. Dunham, A. Arnold, R. Erickson, E.M. Fones, M.R. Lindsay, D.R. Colman, and E.S. Boyd. 2019. Geologic legacy spanning >90 years explains unique Yellowstone hot spring geochemistry and biodiversity. Environmental Microbiology. 21: 4180-4195. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14775. link
Lindsay, M.R., D.R. Colman, M.J. Amenabar, K.E. Fristad, K.M. Fecteau, R.V. Debes II, J.R. Spear, E.L. Shock, T.M. Hoehler, and E.S. Boyd. 2019. Probing the geological source and biological fate of hydrogen in Yellowstone hot springs. Environmental Microbiology. 21: 3816-3830. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14730. link
Glabonjat, R.A., Raber, G., Jenson, K.B., Schubotz, F., E.S. Boyd, and Francesconi, K.A. 2019. Origin of arsenolipids in sediments from the Great Salt Lake. Environmental Chemistry. 16: 303-311. doi:10.1071/EN19135. link
Naftz, D.L., Marvin-DiPasquale, M., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Aiken, G., E.S. Boyd, Conaway, C.H., Ogorek, J., and Anderson, G.M. 2019. Biogeochemical and physical processes controlling mercury methylation and bioaccumulation in Lake Powell, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah and Arizona, 2014 and 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1159, 81 p. doi:10.3133/ofr20181159. link
Fones, E.M., Colman, D.R., Kraus, E.A., Nothaft, D.B., Poudel, S., Rempfert, K.R., Spear, J.R., Templeton, A.S., and E.S. Boyd. 2019. Physiological adaptations to serpentization in the Samail Ophiolite, Oman. The ISME Journal. 13: 1750–1762. doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0391-2. link
Colman, D.R., Lindsay, M.R. and E.S. Boyd. 2019. Mixing of meteoric and geothermal fluids supports hyperdiverse chemosynthetic hydrothermal communities. Nature Communications. 10: 681. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08499-1. link
Mus, F., D.R. Colman, J.W. Peters, and E.S. Boyd. 2019. Geobiological feedbacks, oxygen, and the evolution of biological nitrogen fixation. Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine. 140: 250-259. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.01.050. link
Amenabar, M.J. and E.S. Boyd. 2019. A review of the mechanisms of mineral-based metabolism in early Earth analog rock-hosted hydrothermal ecosystems. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 35: 29. doi:10.1007/s11274-019-2604-2. link
Lindsay, M.R., R.E. Johnston, B.K. Baxter, E.S. Boyd. 2019. Effects of salinity on microbialite-associated production in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Ecology. 100: e0261. doi:10.1002/ecy.2611. link
2018
Thiel, V., A. Garcia-Costas, N. Fortney, J.N. Martinez, E.E. Roden, E.S. Boyd, D.M. Ward, D.A. Bryant. 2018. "Candidatus Nerobacter thiotrophicus," a non-phototrophic sulfate reducing member of the Chlorobi inhabiting hot spring environments. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 3159. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03159. link
Fixen, K.R., N.P. Chowdury, M. Martinez, S. Poudel, E.S. Boyd, C.S. Harwood. 2018. The path of electron transfer to nitrogenase in a phototrophic alpha-proteobacterium. Environmental Microbiology. 20: 2500-2508. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14262. link
Fortney, N.W., S. He, B.J. Converse, E.S. Boyd, E.E. Roden. 2018. Investigating the composition and metabolic potential of microbial communities in Chocolate Pots hot springs. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 2075. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02075. link
Lindsay, M.R., M.J. Amenabar, K.M. Fecteau, R.V. Debes II, M.C. Fernandes Martins, K.E. Fristad, H. Xu, T.M. Hoehler, E.L. Shock, and E.S. Boyd. 2018. Subsurface processes influence oxidant availability and chemoautotrophic hydrogen metabolism in Yellowstone hot springs. Geobiology. 16: 674–692. doi:10.1111/gbi.12308 link
Poudel, S., E. Dunham, M.R. Lindsay, M.J. Amenabar, E. Fones, D.R. Colman, and E.S. Boyd. 2018. Origin and evolution of flavin-based electron bifurcating enzymes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 1762. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01762 link
Amenabar, M.J., D.R. Colman, S. Poudel, E.E. Roden, E.S. Boyd. 2018. Electron acceptor availability alters carbon and energy metabolism in a thermoacidophile. Environmental Microbiology. 20: 2523-2537. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14270 link
Amenabar, M.J., E.S. Boyd. 2018. Mechanisms of mineral substrate acquisition in a thermoacidophile. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84: e00334-18. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00334-18 link
Fortney, N., S. He, A. Kulkarni, M. Friedrich, C. Holz, E.S. Boyd, E. Roden. 2018. Stable isotope probing of microbial iron reduction in Chocolate Pots hot spring, Yellowstone National Park. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84: e02894-17. doi:10.1128/AEM.02894-17 link
Poudel, S., D. Colman, K.R. Fixen, R.N. Ledbetter, Y. Zheng, N. Pence, L.C. Seefeldt, J.W. Peters, C.S. Harwood, E.S. Boyd. 2018. Electron transfer to nitrogenase in different genomic and metabolic backgrounds. Journal of Bacteriology. 10: e00757-17. doi: 10.1128/JB.00757-17 link
Zheng, Y., D.F. Harris, Z. Yu, Y. Fu, R. Ledbetter, K.R. Fixen, S. Poudel, Z.-Y. Yang, E.S. Boyd, M.E. Lidstrom, L.C. Seefeldt, and C.S. Harwood. 2018. A pathway for biological methane production using bacterial iron-only nitrogenase. Nature Microbiology. 3: 281-286. doi:10.1038/s41564-017-0091-5. link
Berry, L., S. Poudel, M. Tokmina-Lukaszewska, D. Colman, D.M. Nguyen, G.J. Schut, M.W. Adams, J.W. Peters, E.S. Boyd, B. Bothner. 2018. H/D Exchange Mass Spectrometry and Statistical Coupling Analysis reveal a role for allostery in a ferredoxin-dependent transhydrogenase catalytic cycle. Biochemica Biophysica Acta - General Subjects. 1862: 9-17. doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.10.002. link
2017
Price, R.E., E.S. Boyd, T.M. Hoehler, L.M. Wehrmann, E. Bogason, H. Valtýsson, J. Örlygsson, B. Gautason, and J.P. Amend. 2017. Alkaline vents and steep Na+ gradients from ridge-flank basalts—Implications for the origin and evolution of life. Geology. 45: 1135-1138. doi:10.1130/G39474.1. link
Garcia Costas, A.M., S. Poudel, A.-F. Miller, G.J. Schut, R. Ledbetter, K.R. Fixen, L.C. Seefeldt, M.W.W Adams, C.S. Harwood, E.S. Boyd*, J.W. Peters. 2017. Defining electron bifurcation in the electron transferring flavoprotein family. Journal of Bacteriology 199: e00440-17. doi:10.1128/JB.00440-17. link
Colman, D.R., S. Poudel, T.L. Hamilton, J.R. Havig, M.J. Selensky, E.L. Shock, and E.S. Boyd. 2017. Geobiological feedbacks and the evolution of thermoacidophiles. ISME Journal. 12: 225-236. doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.162. link
Carere, C.R., K. Hards, K.M. Houghton, J.F. Power, B. McDonald, C. Collet, D.J. Gapes, R. Sparling, E.S. Boyd, G.M. Cook, C. Greening, M.B. Stott. 2017. Mixotrophy drives niche expansion of verrucomicrobial methanotrophs. ISME Journal. 11: 2599-2610. doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.112. link
Nguyen, D.M.N., G.J. Schut, O.A. Zadvornyy, M. Tokmina-Lukaszewsha, S. Poudel, G.L. Lipscomb, L.A. Adams, J.T. Dinsmore, W.J. Nixon, E.S. Boyd, B. Bothner, J.W. Peters, M.W.W. Adams. 2017. Two functionally distinct NADP+-dependent ferredoxin oxidoreductases maintain the primary redox balance of Pyrococcus furiosus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292: 14603-14616. doi:10.1074/jbc.M117.794172. link.
Therien, J.B., J.H. Artz, S. Poudel, T.L. Hamilton, Z. Liu, S.M. Noone, M.W.W. Adams, P.W. King, D.A. Bryant, E.S. Boyd, J.W. Peters. 2017. The Physiological Functions and Structural Determinants of Catalytic Bias in the [FeFe]-Hydrogenases CpI and CpII of Clostridium pasteurianum Strain W5. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8: 1305. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01305. link.
Amenabar, M.J., E. Shock, E.E. Roden, J.W. Peters, E.S. Boyd. 2017. Microbial substrate preference dictated by energy demand rather than supply. Nature Geoscience. 10: 577-581. doi:10.1038/ngeo2978. link.
Colman, D.R., S. Poudel, B.W. Stamps, E.S. Boyd and J. R. Spear. 2017. The deep hot biosphere: Twenty-five years of retrospection. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 114: 6895–6903. link.
Percak-Dennett, E., S. He, B. Converse, H. Konishi, H. Xu, A. Corcoran, D. Noguera, C. Chan, A. Bhayyacharyya, T. Borch, E.S. Boyd, and E. Roden. 2017. Microbial acceleration of aerobic pyrite oxidation at circumneutral pH. Geobiology. 15: 690-703. doi:10.1111/gbi.12241. link
Hindshaw, R.S., M.R. Lindsay, and E.S. Boyd. 2017. Diversity and abundance of microbial eukaryotes in stream sediments from Svalbard. Polar Biology. 40: 1835-1843. doi:10.1007/s00300-017-2106-3. link
E.S. Boyd, R.-Q. Yu, T. Barkay, T.L. Hamilton, B.K. Baxter, D.L. Naftz, M. Marvin-DiPasquale. 2017. Effect of salinity on mercury methylating benthic microbes and their activities in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Science of the Total Environment. 581-582: 495-506. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.157. link
2016
Mashruwala, A., S. Bhatt, S. Poudel, E.S. Boyd, and J.M. Boyd. 2016. The DUF59 containing protein SufT is involved in the maturation of iron-sulfur (FeS) proteins during conditions of high FeS cofactor demand in Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS Genetics. 12(8): e1006233. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1006233. link
Feyhl-Buska, J., C. Jia, Y. Chen, J.-X. Wang, C.L. Zhang, and E.S. Boyd. 2016. Influence of nutrient and environmental stress on the abundance and composition of tetraether lipids in the thermoacidophile Picrophilus torridus. Frontiers of Microbiology. 7: 1323. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01323. link
Parker, S.R., R.F. West, E.S. Boyd, J. Feyhl-Buska, C.H. Gammons, T.B. Johnston, G.P. Williams, S.R. Poulson. 2016. Biogeochemical and microbial seasonal dynamics between water column and sediment processes in a productive mountain lake: Georgetown Lake, MT, USA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 121: 2064-2081. doi:10.1002/2015JG003309. link
Lindsay, M.R., C. Anderson, N. Fox, G. Scofield, J. Allen, E. Anderson, L. Bueter, S. Poudel, K. Sutherland, J.H. Munson-McGee, J. Van Norstrand, J. Zhou, J.R. Spear, B.K. Baxter, D.R. Lageson, and E.S. Boyd. 2016. Microbialite response to an anthropogenic salinity gradient in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Geobiology. 15: 131-145. doi:10.1111/gbi.12201. link Precambrian Biosphere Graduate Class Project. Cover Image.
Colman, D.R., J. Feyhl-Buska, K.J. Robinson, K.M. Fecteau, H. Xu, E.L. Shock, and E.S. Boyd. 2016. Ecological differentiation in planktonic and sediment-associated chemotrophic microbial communities in Yellowstone hot springs. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 92: fiw137. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiw137. link Editor's Choice.
Schut, G.J., O.A. Zadvornyy, J.W. Peters, E.S. Boyd, and M.W.W. Adams. 2016. The role of geochemistry and energetics in the evolution of modern respiratory complexes from a proton-reducing ancestor. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. 1857: 958-970. link
Poudel, S., M. Tokmina-Lukaszewska, D.R. Colman, M. Refai, G.J. Schut, P.W. King, P. Maness, M.W.W. Adams, J.W. Peters, B. Bothner, E.S. Boyd. 2016. Unification of [FeFe]-hydrogenases into three structural and functional groups. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects. 1860: 1910-1921. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.01.010. link
Urschel, M.R., T.L. Hamilton, E.E. Roden, and E.S. Boyd. 2016. Substrate preference, uptake kinetics, and energetics in a facultatively autotrophic, thermoacidiphilic crenarchaeote. FEMS Microbial Ecology. 92: fiw069. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiw069. link
Hindshaw, R.S., S.Q. Lang, M.R. Lindsay, and E.S. Boyd. 2016. Origin and temporal variability of unusually low δ¹³C DOC values in two high arctic catchments. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. 121: 1073-1085. doi:10.1002/2015JG003303. link
Hochstein, R., M.J. Amenabar, J. Munson-McGee, E.S. Boyd, and M. Young. 2016. Acidianus tailed spindle virus: a new large tailed spindle virus discovered by culture-independent methods. Journal of Virology. 90: 3458-68. doi:10.1128/JVI.03098-15. link
Harrold, Z., M.L. Skidmore, T.L. Hamilton, K. Amada, E.E. Roden, and E.S. Boyd. 2016. Aerobic and anaerobic thiosulfate oxidation by a cold-adapted, subglacial chemoautotroph. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 82: 1486-95. doi:10.1128/AEM.03398-15. link. “Spotlight Article".
Fortney, N.W., B.J. Converse, S. He, B.L. Beard, C.M. Johnson, E.S. Boyd, and E.E. Roden. 2016. Microbial Fe(III) oxide reduction potential in Chocolate Pots, Yellowstone National Park. Geobiology. 14: 255-275. doi:10.1111/gbi.12173. link. “Cover Image".
2015
Telling, J., E.S. Boyd, N. Bone, E.L. Jones, M. Tranter, J.W. MacFarlane, P.G. Martin, J.L. Wadham, G.Lamarche-Gagnon, M.L. Skidmore, T.L. Hamilton, E. Hill, M. Jackson and D.A. Hodgson. 2015. Rock comminution as a source of hydrogen for subglacial ecosystems. Nature Geoscience. 8: 851-857. doi:10.1038/ngeo2533. link
Artz, J.H., S.N. White, E.S. Boyd, O.A. Zadvornyy, C.J. Fugate, M.C. Posewitz, G.H. Gauss, and J.W. Peters. 2015. Expression, purification, and characterization of the thermostable mercuric reductase from Metallosphaera. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 3: 97. doi:10.3389/fbioe.2015.00097. link
Hindshaw, R.S., T.H.E. Hinton, E.S. Boyd, M. Lindsay, and E.T. Tipper. 2015. Influence of glaciation on mechanisms of mineral weathering in two high Arctic catchments. Chemical Geology. 420: 37-50. doi:org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.11.004. link
Zadvornyy, O.A., E.S. Boyd, M.C. Posewitz, N.A. Zorin, and J.W. Peters. 2015. Biochemical and structural characterization of enolase from Chloroflexus aurantiacus: Evidence for a thermophilic origin. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3: 74. doi:10.3389/fbioe.2015.00074. link
Amenabar, M., M.R. Urschel, and E.S. Boyd. 2015. Metabolic and taxonomic diversification in continental magmatic hydrothermal systems. In Microbial Evolution under Extreme Conditions ed. Corien Bakermans, De Gruyter. ISBN: 978-3-11-033506-4.
Shock, E.L. and E.S. Boyd. Principles of Geobiochemistry. 2015. Elements. 11. 395-401. doi:10.2113/gselements.11.6.395. link. Cover Image.
Boyd, E.S. Archaea on the move. 2015. Environmental Microbiology. 7: 385-387. doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12281. link
Boyd, E.S., A.M. Garcia Costas, F. Mus, T.L. Hamilton, and J.W. Peters. 2015. Evolution of molybdenum nitrogenase during the transition from anaerobic to aerobic metabolism. Journal of Bacteriology. 197: 1690-1699. doi:10.1128/JB.02611-14. link. “Spotlight Article".
Urschel, M., M. Kubo, T. Hoehler, J.W. Peters, and E.S. Boyd. 2015. Carbon source preference in chemosynthetic hot spring communities. Applied and Enviornmental Microbiology. 81: 3834-3847. doi:10.1128/AEM.00511-15. link
Peters, J.W., G.J. Schut, E.S. Boyd, D.W. Mulder, E.S. Shepard, J.B. Broderick, P.W. King, M.W.W. Adams. 2015. [FeFe]- and [NiFe]-hydrogenase diversity, mechanism, and maturation. Biochimica Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research. 1853: 1350-1369. doi:10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.11.021. link
2014
Boyd, E.S., T.L. Hamilton, K.D. Swanson, A.E. Howells, B.K. Baxter, J.M. Meuser, M.C. Posewitz, and J.W. Peters. [FeFe]-hydrogenase abundance and diversity along a vertical redox gradient in Great Salt Lake, USA. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 15: 21947-21966. doi:10.3390/ijms151221947. link
Boyd, E.S., T.L. Hamilton, J.R. Havig, R.K. Lange, J.W. Peters, M.L. Skidmore and E.L. Shock. 2014. Chemolithotrophic primary production in a subglacial ecosystem. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80: 6146–6153. doi:10.1128/AEM.01956-14. link. Cover Image.
Boyd, E.S., K. Thomas, Y. Dai, J.M. Boyd, and F.W. Outten. 2014. The interplay between oxygen and Fe-S cluster biogenesis: Insights from the Suf pathway. Biochemistry. 53: 5834–5847. doi:10.1021/bi500488r. link
Boyd, E.S., G. Schut, M.W.W. Adams, and J.W. Peters. 2014. Hydrogen metabolism and the evolution of respiration. Microbe. 9: 361-367. doi:10.1128/microbe.9.361.1. link
Jia, J., C.L. Zhang, W. Xie, F. Li, J. Wang, S. Wang, H. Dong, W. Li, and E.S. Boyd. 2014. Differential temperature and pH controls on the abundance and composition of H-GDGTs in terrestrial hot springs. Organic Geochemistry. 75: 109–121. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2014.06.009. link
Alsop, E.A., E.S. Boyd, and J.A. Raymond. 2014. Geochemical constraints on biological evolution: Merging metagenomics and geochemistry to understand how environment shapes biodiversity. BMC Ecology. 14: 16. doi:10.1186/1472-6785-14-16. link
Gammons, C.H., W. Henne, S.R. Poulson, S.R. Parker, T.B. Johnston, J.E. Dore, and E.S. Boyd. 2014. Stable isotopes of dissolved oxygen and dissolved inorganic carbon track biogeochemical processes under ice cover in a shallow, eutrophic lake. Biogeochemistry. 120: 359–379. doi:10.1007/s10533-014-0005-z. link
Boyd, E.S., G.J. Schut, J.B. Broderick, M.W.W. Adams, and J.W. Peters. 2014. Origin and evolution of Fe-S proteins and enzymes. In Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Chemistry and Biology. ed. Tracey Rouault, De Gruyter. ISBN: 978-3-11-030842-6. link
Hamilton, T.L., E. Koonce, A. Howells, J.R. Havig, J.W. Peters, and E.S. Boyd. 2014. Competition for ammonia influences the structure of chemotrophic communities in geothermal springs. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80: 653-661. doi:10.1128/AEM.02577-13. link. “Spotlight Article".
Peters, J.W. and E.S Boyd. 2014. Exploring alternative paths for the evolution of biological nitrogen fixation. In Biological Nitrogen Fixation. ed. Frans J. de Bruijn, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Reardon, C.L., T.S. Magnuson, E.S. Boyd, W.D. Leavitt, D.W. Reed, and G.G Geesey. 2014. Hydrogenase activity of mineral-associated and suspended populations of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Essex 6. Microbial Ecology. 67: 318–326. doi:10.1007/s00248-013-0308-y. link
Møller, A.K., T. Barkay, M.A. Hansen, A. Norman, L.H. Hansen, S.J. Sørensen, E.S. Boyd, and N. Kroer. 2014. Mercuric reductase genes (merA) and mercury resistance plasmids in high Arctic snow, freshwater and sea-ice brine. FEMS Microbial Ecology. 87: 52-63. doi:10.1111/1574-6941.12189. link
D’Adamo, S., R.E. Jinkerson, E.S. Boyd, S. Brown, B. Baxter, J.W. Peters, and M.C. Posewitz. 2014. Evolutionary and biotechnological implications of robust hydrogenase activity in a halophilic species of Tetraselmis from Great Salt Lake. PLoS One. 9: e85812. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085812. link
2013
Liu, Z., J. Müller, T. Li, R.M. Alvey, K. Vogl, N.-U. Frigaard, N.C. Rockwell, E.S. Boyd, L.P. Tomsho, S.C. Schuster, P. Henke, M. Rohde, J. Overmann, and D.A. Bryant. 2013. Genomic analysis reveals key aspects of prokaryotic symbiosis in the phototrophic consortium "Chlorochromatium aggregatum". Genome Biology. 14:R127. doi:10.1186/gb-2013-14-11-r127. link
Mitchell, A.C., M. Lafreniere, M.L. Skidmore, and E.S. Boyd. 2013. Influence of bedrock mineral composition on microbial diversity in a subglacial environment. Geology. 41: 855-858. doi:10.1130/G34194.1. link
Boyd, E.S. and J.W. Peters. 2013. New insights into the evolutionary history of biological nitrogen fixation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 4: 201. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00201. link
Inskeep, W.P., Z. Jay, M. Herrgard, M. A. Kozubal, D. B. Rusch, S.G. Tringe, R. E. Macur, R. dem Jennings, E.S. Boyd, J. Spear, F. Roberto and M. Young. 2013. Phylogenetic and functional analysis of metagenome sequence from high-temperature archaeal habitats demonstrate linkages between metabolic potential and geochemistry. Frontiers in Microbiology. 4: 95. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00095. link
Boyd, E.S., T.L. Hamilton, J. Wang, L. He, and C.L. Zhang. 2013. The role of tetraether lipid composition in the adaptation of thermophilic archaea to acidity. Frontiers in Microbiology. 4: 62. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2013.00062. link
Hamilton, T.L., J.W. Peters, M.L. Skidmore, and E.S. Boyd. 2013. Molecular evidence for an active endogenous microbiome beneath glacial ice. ISME Journal. 7:1402-4012. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.31. link
Boyd, E.S and G.K. Druschel. 2013. The role of intermediate sulfur compounds during the reduction of elemental sulfur under acidic, hydrothermal conditions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79: 2061-2068. doi:10.1128/AEM.03160-12. link
Meuser, J.E., B.K. Baxter, J.R. Spear, J.W. Peters, M.C. Posewitz, and E.S. Boyd. 2013. Contrasting patterns of community assembly in the stratified water column of Great Salt Lake, Utah. Microbial. Ecology. 66: 268-280. doi:10.1007/s00248-013-0180-9. link
Shepard, E.M., A.S. Byer, E.S. Boyd, K.D. Swanson, J.W. Peters and J.B. Broderick. 2013. [FeFe]-hydrogenase cofactor assembly. In: Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry. Robert A. Scott (Ed.), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. link
Peters, J.W., E.S. Boyd, S. D’Adamo, D.W. Mulder, J. Therien, and M.C. Posewitz. 2013. Hydrogenases, nitrogenases, anoxia, and H₂ production in water-oxidizing phototrophs. In: Algal Biofuels. Michael Borowitzka (Ed.), Elsevier. Pages 59-99.
Schut, G.J., E.S. Boyd, J.W. Peters, and Michael W. W. Adams. 2013. The modular respiratory complexes involved in hydrogen and sulfur metabolism by heterotrophic hyperthermophilic Archaea and their evolutionary implications. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 37: 182-203. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.00346.x. link
2012
McGlynn, S.E., E.S. Boyd, J.W. Peters, and V.J. Orphan. 2012. Classifying the metal dependence of uncharacterized nitrogenases. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3: 419. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2012.00419. link
Boyd, E.S., and T. Barkay. 2012. The mercury resistance operon: From an origin in a geothermal environment to an efficient detoxification machine. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3: 349. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2012.00349. link
Boyd, E.S., K.M. Fecteau, J.R. Havig, E.L. Shock, and J.W. Peters. 2012. Modeling the habitat range of phototrophic microorganisms in Yellowstone National Park: Toward the development of a comprehensive fitness landscape. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3: 221. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2012.00221. link
Duffus, B., E.M. Shepard, E.S. Boyd, T.L. Hamilton, J.W. Peters, and J.B. Broderick. 2012. Radical AdoMet enzymes in complex inorganic metallocluster biosynthesis. Biochemica Biophysica Acta. 1824: 1254-1263. doi:10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.01.002. link
Hamilton, T.L., K. Vogl, D.A. Bryant, E.S. Boyd, and J.W. Peters. 2012. Environmental constraints defining the distribution, composition, and evolution of chlorophototrophs in thermal features of Yellowstone National Park. Geobiology. 10. 236-249. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00296.x. link
2011
Wang, Y., E.S. Boyd, S. Crane, P. Lu-Irving, D. Krabbenhoft, S. King, J. Dighton, G. Geesey, and T. Barkay. 2011. Environmental conditions constrain the distribution and diversity of archaeal merA in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S.A. Microbial Ecology. 62: 739-752. doi:10.1007/s00248-011-9890-z. link
Meuser, J.E., E.S Boyd, G. Ananyev, D. Karns, N.U.M. Murthy, R. Radakovits, M.L. Ghirardi, G.C. Dismukes, J.W. Peters, and M.C. Posewitz. 2011. Evolutionary significance of an algal gene encoding an [FeFe]-hydrogenase with F-domain homology and hydrogenase activity in Chlorella variabilis NC64A. Planta. 234: 829-843. doi:10.1007/s00425-011-1431-y. link
Boyd, E.S., T.L. Hamilton, and J.W. Peters. 2011. An alternative path for the evolution of biological nitrogen fixation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2: 205. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2011.00205. link
Hamilton, T.L., M. Ludwig, R. Dixon, E.S. Boyd, P. Dos Santos, J.C.C. Setubal, D.A. Bryant, D.R. Dean, and J.W. Peters. 2011. Differential accumulation of nif structural gene mRNA in Azotobacter vinelandii. Journal of Bacteriology. 193: 4534–4536. doi:10.1128/JB.05100-11. link
Hamilton, T.L., M. Ludwig, R. Dixon, E.S. Boyd, P. Dos Santos, J.C.C. Setubal, D.A. Bryant, D.R. Dean, and J.W. Peters. 2011. Transcriptional profiling of nitrogen fixation in Azotobacter vinelandii. Journal of Bactiology. 193: 4477–4486. doi:10.1128/JB.05099-11. link
Hamilton, T.L., R.K. Lange, E.S. Boyd, and J.W. Peters. 2011. Biological nitrogen fixation in acidic high temperature geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Environmental Microbiology. 13: 2204-2215. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02475.x. link
Arslan, B., E.S. Boyd, W. Dolci, E. Dodson, M. Boldt, and C. Pilcher. 2011. Workshop without walls: Broadening access to science around the world. PLoS Biology. 9: e1001118. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001118. link
Boyd, E.S., R.K. Lange, A.C. Mitchell, J.R. Havig, M.J. Lafrenière, T.L. Hamilton, E.L. Shock, J.W. Peters, and M. Skidmore. 2011. Diversity, abundance, and potential activity of nitrifying and nitrate-reducing microbial assemblages in a subglacial ecosystem. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77: 4778-4787. doi:10.1128/AEM.00376-11. link
Peters, J.W., E.S. Boyd, T.L. Hamilton, and L.M. Rubio. 2011. Biochemistry of Mo-Nitrogenase. In Nitrogen Cycling in Bacteria: Molecular Analysis. Edited by James W. B. Moir. Caister Academic Press. ISBN: 978-1-904455-86-8. link
Hamilton, T.L., E.S. Boyd, and J.W. Peters. 2011. Environmental constraints underpin the distribution and phylogenetic diversity of nifH in the Yellowstone geothermal complex. Microbiol. Ecology. 61: 860–870. doi:10.1007/s00248-011-9824-9. link
Boyd, E.S., A.D. Anbar, S.R. Miller, T.L. Hamilton, M. Lavin, and J.W. Peters. 2011. A late methanogen origin for the molybdenum-dependent nitrogenase. Geobiology. 9(3):221-232. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00278.x. link Featured as an Editor’s Choice article: Science. 332:896. link
Shepard, E.M., E.S. Boyd, J.B. Broderick, and J.W. Peters. 2011. Biosynthesis of complex iron-sulfur enzymes. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 15: 319-327. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.02.012. link
Boyd, E.S., A. Pearson, Y. Pi, W.-J. Li, Y.G. Zhang, L. He, C.L. Zhang, and G.G. Geesey. 2011. Physicochemical influences on glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipid composition in the crenarchaeote Acidilobus sulfurireducens. Extremophiles. 15: 59–65. doi:10.1007/s00792-010-0339-y. link
2010
Brown, I.I., D.A. Bryant, D. Casamatta, K.L. Thomas-Keprta, S.A. Sarkisova, G. Shen, J.E. Graham, E.S. Boyd, J.W. Peters, D.H. Garrison, and D.S. McKay. 2010. Polyphasic characterization of a thermotolerant siderophilic filamentous cyanobacterium that produces intracellular iron deposits. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76: 6664-6672. doi:10.1128/AEM.00662-10. link
Boyd, E.S., T.L. Hamilton, J.R. Spear, M. Lavin, and J.W. Peters. 2010. [FeFe]-hydrogenase in Yellowstone National Park: Evidence of dispersal limitation and phylogenetic niche conservatism. ISME Journal. 4: 1485–1495. doi:10.1038/ismej.2010.76. link
Barkay, T., K. Kritee*, E.S. Boyd*, and G.G. Geesey. 2010. A thermophilic bacterial origin and subsequent constraints by redox, light, and salinity on the evolution of the microbial mercuric reductase. Environmental Microbiology. 12: 2904-2917. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02260.x. link *Contributed equally to this work
Mulder, D.M., E.S. Boyd, R. Sarma, J.A. Endrizzi, R. Lange, J.B. Broderick and J.W. Peters. 2010. Stepwise [FeFe]-hydrogenase H-cluster assembly revealed in the structure of HydA(ΔEFG). Nature. 465: 248-252. doi:10.1038/nature08993. link
Boyd, E.S., M. Skidmore, A.C. Mitchell, C. Bakermans, and J.W. Peters. 2010. Methanogenesis in subglacial sediments. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 2: 685-692. doi:10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00162.x. link
Soboh, B., E.S. Boyd, D. Zhao, J.W. Peters, and L.M. Rubio. 2010. Substrate specificity and evolutionary implications of a NifDK enzyme carrying NifB-co at its active site. FEBS Letters. 584: 1487-1492. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2010.02.064. link
Driesener, R.C., M.R. Challand, S.E. McGlynn, E.M. Sheppard, E.S. Boyd, J.B. Broderick, J.W. Peters and P.L. Roach. 2010. [FeFe]-hydrogenase cyanide ligands derived from S-adeosylmethionine dependant cleavage of tyrosine. Angewandte Chemie. 49: 1687-1690. doi:10.1002/anie.200907047. link
Inskeep, W.P., D. Rusch, Z. Jay, M. Herrgard, M. Kozubal, T. Richardson, R. Macur, N. Hamamura, B. Fouke, A-L. Reysenbach , M. Young, M. Bateson, F. Roberto, R. Jennings, S. Korf, E.S Boyd, J. Badger, G. Geesey, E. Mathur and M. Frazier. 2010. Metagenomes from high-temperature chemotrophic systems reveal geochemical controls on microbial community structure and function. PLoS Biology. 5: e9773. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009773. link
Zadvornyy, O.A., M. Allen, S.K. Brumfield, Z. Varpness, E.S. Boyd, N.A. Zorin, L. Serebriakova, T. Douglas, and J.W. Peters. 2010. Hydrogen enhances nickel tolerance in the purple sulfur bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina. Environmental Science and Technology. 44: 834–840. doi:10.1021/es901580n. link
McGlynn, S.E., E.S. Boyd, E.M. Shepard, R. Lange, R. Gerlach, J.B. Broderick, and J.W. Peters. 2010. Identification and characterization of a novel member of the radical AdoMet enzyme superfamily and implications for the biosynthesis of the Hmd hydrogenase active site cofactor. Jounral of Bacteriology. 192: 595-598. doi:10.1128/JB.01125-09. link
2009
Beer, L.L., E.S. Boyd, J.W. Peters, and M.C. Posewitz. 2009. Engineering algae for biohydrogen and biofuel production. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 20: 264-271. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2009.06.002. link
Boyd, E.S., J.R. Spear, and J.W. Peters. 2009. [FeFe] hydrogenase genetic diversity provides insight into molecular adaptation in a saline microbial mat community. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75: 4620–4623. doi:10.1128/AEM.00582-09. link
Boyd, E.S., W.D. Leavitt, and G.G. Geesey. 2009. CO₂ uptake and fixation by a thermoacidophilic microbial community attached to sulfur flocs in a geothermal spring. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75: 4289-4296. doi:10.1128/AEM.02751-08. link
Boyd, E.S., S. King, J.K. Tomberlin, K. Nordstrom, D.P. Krabbenhof, T. Barkay, G.G. Geesey. 2009. Methylmercury enters an aquatic food web through acidophilic microbial mats in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Environmental Microbiology. 11: 950–959. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01820.x. link
2008
Krishnakumar, A.M., D. Sliwa, J.A. Endrizzi, E.S. Boyd, S.A. Ensign, and J.W. Peters. 2008. Getting a handle on the role of Coenzyme M in alkene metabolism. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 72: 445–456. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00005-08. link
2007
Boyd, E. S., R.A. Jackson, G. Encarnacion, J.A. Zahn, T. Beard, W.D. Leavitt, Y. Pi, C.L. Zhang, A. Pearson, and G.G. Geesey. 2007. Isolation, characterization, and ecology of sulfur-respiring Crenarchaea inhabiting acid-sulfate-chloride geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73: 6669-6677. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01321-07. link
Boyd, E.S., D.C. Cummings, and G.G. Geesey. 2007. Mineralogy influences structure and diversity of bacterial communities associated with geological substrata in a pristine aquifer. Microbial Ecology. 54: 170-182. doi:10.1007/s00248-006-9187-9. link
2006
Choi, D.W, Y.S. Do, C.J. Zea, M.T. McEllistrem, S-W. Lee, J.D. Semrau, N.L. Pohl, C.J. Kisting, E.S. Boyd, G.G. Gessey, T.P. Riedel, P.H. Shafe, K.A. Kranski, J.R. Tritsch, W.E. Antholine, and A.A. DiSpirito. 2006. Spectral and thermodynamic properties of Ag(I), Au(III), Cd(II), Co(II), Fe(III), Hg(II), Mn(II), Ni(II), Pb(II), U(IV), and Zn(II) binding by methanobactin from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 100: 2150-2161. doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2006.08.017. link
Choi, D.-W., C.J. Zea, Y.S. Do, J.D. Semrau, W.E. Antholine, C.J. Kisting, M.S. Hargrove, N.L. Pohl, E.S. Boyd, G.G. Geesey, D. Campbell, V. Rao, S.C. Hartsel, M.T. McEllistrem, A.M. de la Mora, and A.A. DiSpirito. 2006. Spectral, kinetic, and thermodynamic properties of Cu(I)- and Cu(II)-binding by methanobactin from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. Biochemistry. 45: 1442-1453. doi:10.1021/bi051815t. link
2003
Do, Y.S., T.M. Schmidt, J.A. Zahn, E.S. Boyd, and A.A. DiSpirito. 2003. Role of Rhodobacter sp. PS9, a purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacterium isolated from an anaerobic swine waste lagoon, involved in odor remediation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69: 1710-1720. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.3.1710-1720.2003. link
Choi, D.-W., R.C. Kunz, E.S. Boyd, J.D. Semrau, W.E. Antholine, J.-I. Han, J.A. Zahn, J.M. Boyd, A.M. de la Mora, and A.A. DiSpirito. 2003. The membrane-associated methane monooxygenase (pMMO) and pMMO-NADH:Quinone Oxidoreductase complex from Methylococcus capsulatus Bath. Journal of Bacteriology. 185: 5755-5764. doi:10.1128/JB.185.19.5755-5764.2003. link
2001
Zahn, J.A., J. Anhalt, and E.S. Boyd. 2001. Evidence for transfer of tylosin and tylosin-resistant bacteria in air from swine production facilities using sub-therapeutic concentrations of tylan in feed. Journal of Animal Science. 79: 189. Supp. 1. link

Other Publications

Lindsay, M.R., R.E. Johnston, B.K. Baxter, and E.S. Boyd. 2019. Effects of salinity on microbialite-associated production in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 100: e01513. doi: 10.1002/bes2.1513. link
Druschel, G., G. Dick, and E. Boyd. 2016. 2014 Geomicrobiology and Geochemistry Workshop Report. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3083524. link
Boyd, E., M. Brelsford, J. Cornish, J. Dory, J. Johnson, S. Kelly, J. Peters, B. Peyton, C. Smith, S. Taylor, J. Wirth, and M. Young. 2013. Living Colors: Microbes of Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone Association. (Yellowstone National Park guide book). link
Boyd, E., M. Brelsford, J. Cornish, J. Dory, J. Johnson, S. Kelly, J. Peters, B. Peyton, C. Smith, S. Taylor, J. Wirth, and M. Young. 2013. Yellowstone National Park microbial identification wheel. Yellowstone Association. (Tourist product for sale by Yellowstone Association at YNP bookstores). link