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Overview

Daniel Prieur is affiliated with the University of Western Brittany in France. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the natural sciences, focusing on Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine.

Their work encompasses a range of specialized subfields including Organic Chemistry, Cell Biology, Physiology, Immunology, and Ecology. Within these domains, several main topics are recurrent in their research output:

  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Prieur has collaborated notably with Claire Geslin and Christopher Payan, with whom they have co-authored research publications. Although no recent papers or publication venues are specified, their academic footprint includes contributions to book publications.

Among their book contributions is a publication with Dunod titled Microbiologie, 3e édition, released in 2020. This reflects a focus on microbial sciences that complements their research interests in microbial ecology and physiology.

Best Publications

  • The rainbow vent fluids (36°14′N, MAR): the influence of ultramafic rocks and phase separation on trace metal content in Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal fluids

    E Douville;J.L Charlou;E.H Oelkers;P Bienvenu

  • What makes a planet habitable

    H. Lammer;J. H. Bredehöft;A. Coustenis;M. L. Khodachenko

  • Pyrococcus abyssi sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent

    Gaël Erauso;Anna-Louise Reysenbach;Anne Godfroy;Jean-Roch Meunier

  • Hot subterranean biosphere in a continental oil reservoir

    S. L'Haridon;A.-L. Reysenbacht;P. Glénat;D. Prieur

  • Extending the Sub-Sea-Floor Biosphere

    Erwan G. Roussel;Marie-Anne Cambon Bonavita;Joël Querellou;Barry A. Cragg

  • Thermococcus barophilus sp. nov., a new barophilic and hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated under high hydrostatic pressure from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent.

    Viggó Thór Marteinsson;Jean-Louis Birrien;Anna-Louise Reysenbach;Marc Vernet

  • An integrated analysis of the genome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi

    Georges N. Cohen;Valérie Barbe;Didier Flament;Michael Galperin

  • Presence and activity of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria at deep-sea hydrothermal vents

    Nathalie Byrne;Marc Strous;Valentin Crépeau;Boran Kartal

  • Thermococcus gammatolerans sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent that resists ionizing radiation.

    Edmond Jolivet;Stéphane L'Haridon;Erwan Corre;Patrick Forterre

  • Distribution of Microorganisms in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Chimneys Investigated by Whole-Cell Hybridization and Enrichment Culture of Thermophilic Subpopulations

    H. J. M. Harmsen;D. Prieur;C. Jeanthon

  • Pyrococcus CH1, an obligate piezophilic hyperthermophile: extending the upper pressure-temperature limits for life.

    Xiang Zeng;Xiang Zeng;Jean Louis Birrien;Yves Fouquet;Georgy Cherkashov

  • PAV1, the First Virus-Like Particle Isolated from a Hyperthermophilic Euryarchaeote, “Pyrococcus abyssi”

    C. Geslin;M. Le Romancer;G. Erauso;M. Gaillard

  • Archaeal diversity associated with in situ samplers deployed on hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise (13°N)

    Olivier Nercessian;Anna-Louise Reysenbach;Daniel Prieur;Christian Jeanthon

  • Epsilon-proteobacterial diversity from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

    Erwan Corre;Anna-Louise Reysenbach;Daniel Prieur

  • Diversity of functional genes of methanogens, methanotrophs and sulfate reducers in deep‐sea hydrothermal environments

    Olivier Nercessian;Nadège Bienvenu;David Moreira;Daniel Prieur

  • Production and Characterization of an Exopolysaccharide Excreted by a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Bacterium Isolated from the Polychaete Annelid Alvinella pompejana.

    P. Vincent;P. Pignet;F. Talmont;L. Bozzi

  • Thermotoga subterranea sp. nov., a new thermophilic bacterium isolated from a continental oil reservoir

    Christian Jeanthon;Anna-Louise Reysenbach;Stéphane L'Haridon;Agata Gambacorta

  • Hyperthermophilic life at deep-sea hydrothermal vents

    Daniel Prieur;Gaël Erauso;Christian Jeanthon

  • The manganese and iron superoxide dismutases protect Escherichia coli from heavy metal toxicity.

    Claire Geslin;Jenny Llanos;Daniel Prieur;Christian Jeanthon

  • Marinitoga piezophila sp. nov., a rod-shaped, thermo-piezophilic bacterium isolated under high hydrostatic pressure from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent.

    Karine Alain;Viggó Thór Marteinsson;Margarita L Miroshnichenko;Elisaveta A Bonch-Osmolovskaya

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Jeanthon
Christian Jeanthon Université Paris Cité
Patrick Forterre
Patrick Forterre University of Paris-Saclay
Frances Westall
Frances Westall Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Robert Disnar
Jean-Robert Disnar Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Anna-Louise Reysenbach
Anna-Louise Reysenbach Portland State University
Yves Fouquet
Yves Fouquet French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Paul Messner
Paul Messner BOKU University
Yannick Gueguen
Yannick Gueguen University of Montpellier
Uwe B. Sleytr
Uwe B. Sleytr BOKU University

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