RESEARCH ARTICLES
- Puente-Sánchez, F., Sánchez-Román, M., Amils, R., y Parro, V. Tessaracoccus lapidicaptus sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the deep subsurface of the Iberiand pyrite belt International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (2014) 64: 3546-3552. DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.060038-0
- Oggerin, M., Rodríguez, N., del Moral, C., y Amils, R. Fungal jarosite biomineralization in Río Tinto Research in Microbiology (2014) 165: 719-725. DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2014.10.001
- Sánchez-Román, M., Fernández-Remolar, D., Amils, R., Sánchez-Navas, A.
Schmid, T., San Martin-Uriz, P., Rodríguez, N., McKenzie, J.A., y Vasconcelos, C. Microbial mediated formation of Fe-carbonate minerals under extreme acidic conditions Scientific Reports (2014) 4: 4767-4774. DOI:10.1038/srep04767 - Gómez-Ortiz, D., Fernández-Remolar, D.C., Granda, Á., Quesada, C., Granda, T., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Molina, A. y Amils, R. Identification of the subsurface sulfide bodies responsable for acidity in Río Tinto source water, Spain. Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2014) 391: 36-41. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.022
- Puente-Sánchez, F., Moreno-Paz, M., Rivas, L.A., Cruz-Gil, P., García-Villadangos, M., Gómez, M.J., Postigo, M., Garrido, P., González-Toril, E., Briones, C., Fernández-Remolar, D., Stoker, C., Amils, R., and Parro, V. Deep subsurface sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in the Iberian Pyrite Belt revealed through geochemistry and molecular biomarkers. Geobiology (2014) 12: 34-47. DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12065
- Oggerin, M., Tornos, F., Rodríguez, N., del Moral, C. , Sánchez-Román, M. and Amils, R. Specific jarosite biomineralization by Purpureocillium lilacinum, an acidophilic fungi isolated from Río Tinto. Environmental Microbiology (2013) 15: 2228-2237. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12094
- Amils, R., et al. Iberian Pyrite Belt Subsurface Life (IPBSL), a drilling project of biohydrometallurgical interest. Advanced Materials Research (2013) 825: 15-18.
REVIEW ARTICLES and BOOK CHAPTERS
- Amils, R. (2015) Technological challenges to understanding the microbial ecology of deep subsurface ecosystems Environmental Microbiology Reports 7(1): 9–10. DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12219
- F. J. López de Saro, H. Díaz Maldonado, and R. Amils (2015). Microbial evolution: The view from the acidophiles. In Microbial evolution under extreme conditions (Corien Bakermans, Ed.) De Gruyter, pp. 19-30. ISBN 978-3-11-033506-4
- R. Amils, D. Fernández-Remolar and the IPBSL Team (2014). Río Tinto: A Geochemical and Mineralogical Terrestrial Analogue of Mars. Life 4: 511-534. doi:10.3390/life4030511
- F. J. López de Saro, M. J. Gómez, E. González-Tortuero, and Parro, V. (2013). The dynamic genomes of acidophiles. In Polyextremophiles: Life Under Multiple Forms of Stress, Vol. 27 (J. Seckbach, A. Oren and H. Stan-Lotter, Eds.), Springer, pp. 81-97.
- R. Amils, E. González-Toril, A. Aguilera, N. Rodríguez, D. Fernández-Remolar, F. Gómez, A. García Moyano, M. Malki, M. Oggerin, I. Sánchez Andrea, and J. L. Sanz. (2011). From Rio Tinto to Mars: the terrestrial and extraterrestrial ecology of acidophiles. In Advances in Applied Microbiology, Vol. 77 (A. Laskin, G. Gadd and S. Sariaslani, Eds.), Elsevier, pp. 41-70.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
- Red Española de Extremófilos 2014 (Octubre 2014), Miraflores, España. Actividad metanogénica en el subsuelo de la Faja Pirítica Ibérica detectada por hibridación in situ fluorescente. Oggerin et al.
- European Planetary Science Congress 2014 (Septiembre 2014), Cascais, Portugal. Subsurface methanogenic activity in the Iberian Pyrite Belt detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Oggerin et al.
- 24nd Goldschmidt Conference (July 2014), Sacramento, CA, USA. Mineralogy and Geochemistry in the Subsurface of Rio Tinto. Sánchez-Román et al.
- 24nd Goldschmidt Conference (July 2014), Sacramento, CA, USA.Exploring the ecology of continental deep-subsurface communities through a multi-technique approach Puente et al.
- 23nd Goldschmidt Conference (August 2013), Florence, Italy. Geochemical and microbial signals related to carbonate formation in the subsurface of Rio Tinto Sánchez-Román et al.
- 23nd Goldschmidt Conference (August 2013), Florence, Italy. Carbonate biomineralization under aerobic and anaerobic conditions by a novel deep subsurface bacterial isolate Puente-Sánchez et al.
- 23nd Goldschmidt Conference (August 2013), Florence, Italy. Biomineralization of jarosite by Purpureocillium lilacinum, an acidophilic fungi isolated from Río Tinto Oggerin et al.
- 12th European Workshop on Astrobiology EANA (October 15-17, 2012) Iberian Pyrite Belt Subsurface Life (IPBSL), a drilling project of astrobiological interest Amils et al.
- European Planetary Science Congress 2012 (September 23-28, 2012). Madrid, Spain. Iberian Pyrite Belt Subsurface Life (IPBSL), a drilling project in a geochemical Mars terrestrial analogue Amils et al.
- 9th International Congress on Extremophiles (September 10-13, 2012). Sevilla, Spain. Subsurface geomicrobiology of the Iberian Pyrite Belt Amils et al.
- 9th International Congress on Extremophiles (September 10-13, 2012). Sevilla, Spain. The geochemistry of the deep Iberian Pyrite Belt (IBP) subsurface supports multiple microbial metabolisms Parro et al.
- 22nd IUBMB-FEBS – From single molecules to systems biology (September 4-9, 2012). Sevilla, Spain. An oligonucleotide-based microarray to detect and monitor mobile genetic elements. Díaz-Maldonado et al.
- 22nd Goldschmidt Conference (June 24-29, 2012). Montreal, Canada. Exploring the Geomicrobiology of the Río Tinto subsurface Mars analog by using a life detector biochip Puente-Sánchez et al.
- Astrobiology Science Conference (April 16-20, 2012). Atlanta, Georgia. Carbonate precipitation in acidic environments, a potential biosignature for searching life on Mars. Izawa et al.
- Astrobiology Science Conference (April 16-20, 2012). Atlanta, Georgia. Searching for biosignatures in deep regions of the Rio Tinto aquifer: the Iberian Pyritic Belt Subsurface Life (IPBSL) Project. Molina et al.
- Astrobiology Science Conference (April 16-20, 2012). Atlanta, Georgia. Exploring the microbial diversity of the Iberian Pyritic Belt subsurface by using DNA microarrays and a life detecting immunochip, LDCHIP. Parro et al.
- Astrobiology Science Conference (April 16-20, 2012). Atlanta, Georgia. The Iberian Pyrite Belt Subsurface Life (IPBSL) drilling project. Puente-Sánchez et al.
- XXIII Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad Española de Microbiología (July 11-14, 2011) Salamanca, Spain. Explorando la diversidad microbiana del subsuelo de la Faja Pirítica Ibérica mediante microarrays de DNA y un inmunochip detector de vida. Puente-Sánchez et al.