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Anbar, A., Arnold, G., Mojzsis, S.J., & Zahnle, K. (In Press, 2000). Extraterrestrial iridium and sediment accumulation on the Hadean Earth. Journal of Geophysical Research. Boyce, A.J., Fallick, A.E., Little, C.T.S., Wilkinson, J.J., & Everett, C.E. (1999). A hydrothermal vent tube worm in the Ballynoe baryte deposit, Silvermines, Ireland: Implications for timing and ore genesis. In: C.J. Stanley, et al. (Eds.), Mineral Deposit: Processes to Processing, Vol. 2. (pp. 825-827). Rotterdam: Balkema. Clemens, D.L., & Johnson, P.J. (2000). Failure to detect DNA in hydrogenosomes of Trichomonas vaginalis by nick translation and immunomicroscopy. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 106: 307-313. Dirmeier, R., Hauska, G., & Stetter, K. (2000). ATP synthesis at 100°C by an ATPase purified from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrodictium abyssi. Federation of European Biochemcal Societies Letters, 467: 101-104. Droser, M.L., Gehling, J.G., & Jensen, S. (1999). When the worm turned: Concordance of Early Cambrian ichnofabric and trace-fossil record in siliclastic rocks of South Australia. Geology, 27: 625-628. Drozdowicz, Y.M., Lu, Y.P., Patel, V., Fitz-Gibbon, S., Miller, J.H., & Rea, P.A. (1999). A thermostable vacuolar-type membrane pyrophosphatase from the archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum: Implications for the origins of pyrophosphate-energized pumps. Federation of European Biochemical Societies Letters, 460: 505-512. Dyall, S.D., Koehler, C.M., Delgadillo-Correa, M.G., Bradley, P.J., Plümper, E., Leuenberger, D., Turck, C.W., & Johnson, P.J. (2000). Presence of a member of the mitochondrial carrier family in hydrogenosomes: Conservation of membrane-targeting pathways between hydrogenosomes and mitochondria. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 20: 2488-2497. Engrand, C., McKeegan, K.D., & Leshin, L.A. (1999). Oxygen isotopic compositions of individual minerals in Antarctic micrometeorites: Further links to carbonaceous chondrites. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta, 63: 2623-2636. Farquhar, J., Bao, H., & Thiemens, M. (In Press, 2000). Atmospheric influence of the Earth's earliest sulfur cycle: Evidence from mass-independent sulfur isotopes. Science. Fayek, M., Harrison, T.M., Grove, M., & Coath, C. (2000). A rapid in situ method for determining the ages of uranium oxide minerals. International Geological Review, 42: 163-171. Figer, D.F., Morris, M., Geballe, T.R., Rich, R.M., Serabyn, E., McLean, I.S., Puetter, R.C., & Yahil, A. (1999). High-resolution infrared imaging and spectroscopy of the Pistol nebula: Evidence for ejection. Astrophysical Journal, 525: 759-771. Fitz-Gibbon, S.T., Choi, A., Miller, J. H., Stetter, K.O., Simon, M., Swanson, R., & Kim, U.-J. (1999). A fosmid based genomic map and identification of 474 genes of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum. Extremophiles, 1: 36-51. Fitz-Gibbon, S.T., & House, C.H. (1999). Whole genome-based phylogenetic analysis of free-living microorganisms. Nucleic Acids Research, 27: 4218-4222. Gabrielov, A., Newman, W.I., & Turcotte, D.L. (1999). Exactly soluble hierarchical clustering model: Inverse cascades, self-similarity, and scaling. Physical Review, 60: 5293-5300. Gehling, J.G. (1999). Microbial mats in terminal Proterozoic siliciclastics: Ediacaran death masks. Palaios, 14: 40-57. Gehling, J.G. (2000). Environmental interpretation and a sequence stratigraphic framework for the terminal Proterozoic Ediacara member within the Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia. Precambrian Research, 100: 65-95. Ghez, A.M., Morris, M., & Becklin, E.E. (1999). Dynamical evidence for a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. In: J. Sellwood, & D. Merritt (Eds.), Proceedings of Galaxy Dynamics. Gibbard, S.G., Macintosh, B., Gavel, D., Max, C.E., de Pater, I., Ghez, A.M., Young, E.F., & McKay, C.P. (1999). Titan: High-resolution speckle images from the Keck Telescope. Icarus, 139: 189-201. Grazier, K.R., Newman, W.I., Kaula, W.M., & Hyman, J.M. (1999). Dynamical evolution of planetesimals in the outer solar system. I. The Jupiter/Saturn zone. Icarus, 140: 341-352. Grazier, K.R., Newman, W.I., Varadi, F., Kaula, W.M. & others. (1999). Dynamical evolution of planetesimals in the outer solar system. II. The Saturn/Uranus and Uranus/Neptune zones. Icarus, 140: 353-368. Greenwood, J.P., Mojzsis, S.J., & Coath, C.D. (In Press, 2000). Sulfur isotopic compositions of individual sulfides in ALH84001 and Nakhla: Implications for crust-atmosphere exchange and biological processes on Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Grove, M., & Harrison, T.M. (1999). Monazite Th-Pb age depth profiling. Geology, 27: 487-490. Harries, P.J., & Little, C.T.S. (1999). The early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) and the Cenomanian-Turonian (Late Cretaceous) mass extinctions: Similarities and contrasts. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeocology, 154: 39-66. Hedderich, R., Klimmek, O., Kröger, A., Dirmeier, R., Keller, M., & Stetter, K.O. (1999). Anaerobic respiration with elemental sulfur and with disulfides. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 22: 353-381. Henninger, T., Anemüller, S., Fitz-Gibbon, S.T., Miller, J.H., Schaefer, G., & Schmidt, C.L. (1999). A novel Rieske iron-sulfur protein from the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum: Sequencing of the gene, expression in E. coli and characterization of the protein. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, 31: 119-28. House, C.H., Schopf, J.W., McKeegan, K.D., Coath, C.D., Harrison, T.M., & Stetter, K.O. (2000). Carbon isotopic composition of individual Precambrian microfossils. Geology, 28(8): 707-710. Ingebritsen, S.E., & Manning, C.E. (1999). Geological implications of a permeability-depth curve for the continental crust. Geology, 27: 1107-1110. Jacobs, D.K., Wray, C.G., Wedeen, C.J., Kostriken, R., DeSalle, R., Staton, J.L., Gates, R.D., & Lindberg, D.R. (In Press, 2000). Molluscan engrailed expression, serial organization, and shell evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Jain, R., Rivera, M.C., & Lake, J.A. (1999). Horizontal gene transfer among genomes: The complexity hypothesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 96: 3801-3806. Jensen, S., Saylor, B.Z., Gehling, J.G., & Germs, G.J.B. (2000). Complex trace fossils from the terminal Proterozoic of Namibia. Geology, 28: 143-146. Karaca, M., Wirth, A., & Ghil, M. (1999). A box model for the paleoceanography of the Black Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 26: 497-500. Kirkpatrick, J.D., Allard, F., Bida, T., Zuckerman, B., & others. (1999). An improved optical spectrum and new model fits of the likely brown dwarf GD 165B. Astrophysical Journal, 519: 834-843. Knodler, L.A., Svard, S.G., Silberman, J.D., Davids, B.J., & others. (1999). Developmental gene regulation in Giardia lamblia: First evidence for an encystation-specific promoter and differential 5' mRNA processing. Molecular Biology, 34: 327-340. Lake, J.A., Jain, R., & Rivera, M.C. (1999). Genomics - Mix and match in the tree of life. Science, 283: 2027-2028. Lee, S.E., & Jacobs, D.K. (1999). Expression of distal-less in molluscan eggs, embryos, and larvae. Evolution and Development, 1: 172-179. Liston, D.R., Carrero, J.C., & Johnson, P.J. (1999). Upstream regulatory sequences required for expression of the Trichomonas vaginalis alpha-succinyl CoA synthetase gene. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 104: 323-329. Little, C.T.S. (In Press, 2000). Ancient hydrothermal vent and cold seep faunas. In: D.E.G. Briggs, & P.R. Crowther (Eds.), Palaeobiology II. Little, C.T.S., Cann, J.R., Herrington, R.J., & Morisseau, M. (1999). Late Cretaceous hydrothermal vent communities from the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus. Geology, 27: 1027-1030. Little, C.T.S., Herrington, R.J., Haymon, R.M., & Danelian, T. (1999). Early Jurassic hydrothermal vent community from the Franciscan Complex, San Rafael Mountains, California. Geology, 27: 167-170. Little, C.T.S., Maslennikov, V.V., Morris, N.J., & Gubanov, A.P. (1999). Two Palaeozoic hydrothermal vent communities from the southern Ural Mountains, Russia. Palaeontology, 42: 1043-1078. Lowrance, P.J., McCarthy, C., Becklin, E.E., Zuckerman, B., & others. (1999). A candidate substellar companion to CD -33 degrees 7795 (TWA 5). Astrophysical Journal, 512: L69-L72. Lyons, J.R., & Vasavada, A.R. (1999). Flash heating on the early Earth. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 29: 123-138. Mallick, P., Goodwill, K.E., Fitz-Gibbon, S., Miller, J.H., & Eisenberg, D. (2000). Selecting protein targets for structural genomics of Pyrobaculum aerophilum: Validating automated fold assignment methods by using binary hypothesis testing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97: 2450-2455. Manning, C.E., & Ingebritsen, S.E. (1999). Permeability of the continental crust: Implications of geothermal data and metamorphic systems. Reviews of Geophysics, 37: 127-150. Mojzsis, S.J. (In Press, 2000). Life and the evolution of Earth's atmosphere. In: E. Mathez (Ed.), Scientists on the Earth. New York: American Museum of Natural History Press. Mojzsis, S.J., & Harrison, T.M. (2000). Vestiges of a beginning: Clues to the emergent biosphere recorded in the oldest known sedimentary rocks. GSA Today, 10: 1-6. Mojzsis, S.J., Harrison, T.M., Arrhenius, G., McKeegan, K.D., & others. (1999). Origin of life from apatite dating? Nature, 400: 127-128. Mojzsis, S.J., & Ryder, G. (In Press, 2000). Extraterrestrial accretion to the Earth and Moon ca. 3.85 Ga. In: B. Peuckner-Ehrinbrink, & B. Schmitz (Eds.), Accretion of Extraterrestrial Matter Throughout Earth History. Newman, W.I., Symbalisty, E.M.D., Ahrens, T.J., & Jones, E.M. (1999). Impact erosion of planetary atmospheres: Some surprising results. Icarus, 138: 224-240. Pappalardo, R.T., Belton, M.J.S., Breneman, H.H., Carr, M.H., Chapman, C.R., Collins, G.C., Denk, T., Fagents, S., Geissler, P.E., Giese, B., Greeley, R., Greenberg, R., Head, J.W., Helfenstein, P., Hoppa, G., Kadel, S.D., Klaasen, K.P., Klemaszewski, J.E., Magee, K., McEwen, A.S., Moore, J.M., Moore, W.B., Neukum, G., Phillips, C.B., Prockter, L.M., Schubert, G., Senske, D.A., Sullivan, R.J., Tufts, B.R., Turtle, E.P., Wagner, R., & Williams, K.K. (1999). Does Europa have a subsurface ocean? Evaluation of the geological evidence. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 104(E10): 24,015-24,055. Plumper, E., Bradley, P.J., & Johnson, P.J. (2000). Competition and protease sensitivity assays provide evidence for the existence of a hydrogeno-somal protein import machinery in Trichomonas vaginalis. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 106: 11-20. Roger, A.J. (1999). Reconstructing early events in eukaryotic evolution. American Naturalist (Suppl.), 154: S146-S163. Runnegar, B. (2000). Loophole for snowball Earth. Nature, 405: 403-404. Ryder, G., Koeberl, C., & Mojzsis, S.J. (In Press, 2000). Extraterrestrial material on early Earth: The search for geochemical and petrographic evidence. In: K. Righter, & R. Canup (Eds.), Origin of the Earth and Moon. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. Saltzman, M.R. (1999). Upper Cambrian carbonate platform evolution, Elvinia and Taenicephalus zones (Pterocephaliid-Ptychaspid biomere boundary), northwestern Wyoming. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 69: 926-938. Saltzman, M.R., Gonzalez, L.A., & Lohmann, K.C. (2000). Earliest carboniferous cooling step triggered by the Antler Orogeny? Geology, 28: 347-350. Schopf, J.W. (1999). Deep divisions in the tree of life -- What does the fossil record reveal? Biological Bulletin, 196: 351-353. Schneider, G., Smith, B.A., Becklin, E.E., Koerner, D.W., & others. (1999). NICMOS imaging of the HR 4796A circumstellar disk. Astrophysical Journal, 513: L127-L130. Shpanskaya, A.Yu., Maslennikov, V.V., & Little, C.T.S. (1999). Tube casts of vestimentiferan worms from the early Silurian and middle Devonian hydrothermal vent assemblages of the Uralian paleoocean. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 33: 222-228. Shukolyukov, A., Kyte, F.T., Lugmair, G.W., Lowe D.R., & Byerly, G.R. (2000). The oldest impact deposits on Earth -- First confirmation of an extraterrestrial component. In: Gilmour, I., & Koeberl, C. (Eds.), Impacts and the Early Earth. New York: Springer-Verlag. Silberman, J.D., Clark, C.G., Diamond, L.S., & Sogin, M.S. (1999). Phylogeny of the genera Entamoeba and Endolimax as deduced from small-subunit ribosomal RNA sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 16: 1740-1751. Stan-Lotter, H., McGenity, T.J., Legat, A., Denner, E.B.M., Glaser, K., Stetter, K.O., & Wanner, G. (1999). Very similar strains of Halococcus salifodinae are found in geographically separated Permo-Triassic salt deposits. Microbiology, 145: 3565-3574. Stetter, K.O. (1999). Extremophiles and their adaptation to hot environments. Federation of Biochemical Societies Letters, 452: 22-25. Stetter, K.O. (1999). Smallest cell sizes within hyperthermophilic Archaea ("Archaebacteria"). In: Steering Group on Astrobiology of the Space Studies Board, National Research Council, Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms: Proceedings of a Workshop (pp. 68-73). Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences Press. Stetter, K.O. (2000). Hyperthermophiles and their possible role as ancestors of modern life. In: A. Brack (Ed.), The Molecular Origins of Life: Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle (pp. 315-335). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Stetter, K.O. (2000). Microorganisms in high-temperature sulfur environments. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Macmillan Reference Ltd. Tamppari, L.K., Zurek, R.W., & Paige, D.A. (2000). Viking era water-ice clouds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 105(E2): 4087-4107. Telesco, C.M., Fisher, R.S., Piña, R.K., Knacke, R.F., Dermott, S.F., Wyatt, M.L., Crogan, K., Holmes, E.K., Ghez, A.M., Prato, L., Hartmann, L.W., & Jayawardhana, R. (2000). Deep 10 and 18 micron imaging of the HR 4796A circumstellar disk: Transient dust particles and tentative evidence for a brightness asymmetry. Astrophysical Journal, 530: 329-341. Turcotte, D., Malamud, B.D., Morein, G., & Newman, W.I. (1999). An inverse-cascade model for self-organized critical behavior. Physica A, 268: 629-643. Varadi, F., Ghil, M., & Kaula, W.M. (1999). Jupiter, Saturn, and the edge of chaos. Icarus, 139(2): 286-294. Vasavada, A.R., Paige, D.A., & Wood, S.E. (1999). Near-surface temperatures on Mercury and the Moon and the stability of polar ice deposits. Icarus, 141: 179-193. Vasavada, A.R., Williams, J.P., Paige, D.A., Herkenhoff, K.E., & others. (2000). Surface properties of Mars' polar layered deposits and polar landing sites. Journal of Geophysical Research, E: Planets, 105(E3): 6961-6969. Webb, R.A., Zuckerman, B., Platais, I., Patience, J., & others. (1999). Discovery of seven T Tauri stars and a brown dwarf candidate in the nearby TW Hydrae Association. Astrophysical Journal, 512: L63-L67. Weinberger, A.J., Becklin, E.E., Schneider, G., Smith, B.A., & others. (1999). The circumstellar disk of HD 141569 imaged with NICMOS. Astrophysical Journal, 525: L53-L56. White, R.J., Ghez, A.M., Reid, I.N., & Schultz, G. (1999). A test of pre-main-sequence evolutionary models across the stellar/substellar boundary based on spectra of the young quadruple GG Tauri. Astrophysical Journal, 520: 811-821. Wizinowich, P., Acton, D.S., Shelton, C., Stomski, P., Gathright, J., Ho, K., Lupton, W., Tsubota, K., Lai, O., Max, C., Brase, J., An, J., Avicola, K., Oliver, S., Gavel, D., Macintosh, B., Ghez, A., & Larkin, J. (2000). First light adaptive optics images from the Keck II Telescope: A new era of high angular resolution imagery. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 112: 315-319. Wood, K., Crosas, M., & Ghez, A. (1999). GG Tauri's circumbinary disk: Models for near-infrared scattered-light images and /sup 13/CO (J=1 to 0) line profiles. Astrophysical Journal, 516 (1, pt.1) : 335-341. Yang, H., Fitz-Gibbon, S.T., Marcotte, E.M., Tai, J.H., Hyman, E.C., & Miller, J.H. (2000). Characterization of a thermostable DNA glycosylase specific for U/G and T/G mismatches from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum. Journal of Bacteriology, 182: 1272-1279. Zuckerman, B. (2000). Brown dwarfs: At last filling the gap between stars and planets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97: 963-966. Zuckerman, B., & Webb, R.A. (In Press, 2000). Identification of a nearby stellar association in the Hipparcos catalog: Implications for recent, local star formation. Astrophysical Journal.