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Mark A. Lever

Mark A. Lever

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
8049
World Ranking
7963
National Ranking
185

Overview

Mark A. Lever is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work covers multiple subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Mechanics of Materials, and Atmospheric Science.

Their research focuses on a range of topics, notably:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Among recent publications, Mark A. Lever has contributed to studies such as:

  • Eutrophication as a driver of microbial community structure in lake sediments, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • Macrofaunal control of microbial community structure in continental margin sediments, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Microbial Nitrogen Transformation Potential in Sediments of Two Contrasting Lakes Is Spatially Structured but Seasonally Stable, 2022, mSphere
  • Interactions between temperature and energy supply drive microbial communities in hydrothermal sediment, 2021, Communications Biology

Mark A. Lever frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Carsten J. Schubert
  • Longhui Deng
  • Annika Fiskal
  • Stefano M. Bernasconi
  • Jasmine S. Berg

Their work appears in a variety of scientific publication venues, such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru

    Jennifer F. Biddle;Julius S. Lipp;Mark A. Lever;Karen G. Lloyd

  • Biogeographical distribution and diversity of microbes in methane hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments on the Pacific Ocean Margin

    Fumio Inagaki;Takuro Nunoura;Satoshi Nakagawa;Andreas Teske

  • Predominant archaea in marine sediments degrade detrital proteins

    Karen G. Lloyd;Lars Schreiber;Dorthe G. Petersen;Kasper U. Kjeldsen

  • Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to ~2.5 km below the ocean floor

    Fumio Inagaki;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Y Kubo;M W Bowles

  • Life under extreme energy limitation: a synthesis of laboratory- and field-based investigations.

    Mark A. Lever;Karyn L. Rogers;Karen G. Lloyd;Jörg Overmann

  • A modular method for the extraction of DNA and RNA, and the separation of DNA pools from diverse environmental sample types

    Mark A. Lever;Andrea Torti;Philip Eickenbusch;Alexander B. Michaud

  • Origin, dynamics, and implications of extracellular DNA pools in marine sediments.

    Andrea Torti;Mark Alexander Lever;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Evidence for Microbial Carbon and Sulfur Cycling in Deeply Buried Ridge Flank Basalt

    Mark A Lever;Mark A Lever;Olivier J Rouxel;Olivier J Rouxel;Jeffrey C Alt;Nobumichi Shimizu

  • Growth of sedimentary Bathyarchaeota on lignin as an energy source

    Tiantian Yu;Weichao Wu;Wenyue Liang;Mark Alexander Lever

  • Microbial community assembly and evolution in subseafloor sediment

    Piotr Starnawski;Thomas Bataillon;Thijs J. G. Ettema;Lara M. Jochum

  • Environmental Fate of RNA Interference Pesticides: Adsorption and Degradation of Double-Stranded RNA Molecules in Agricultural Soils.

    Kimberly M. Parker;Kimberly M. Parker;Verónica Barragán Borrero;Daniël M. van Leeuwen;Mark A. Lever

  • Methanogen diversity evidenced by molecular characterization of methyl coenzyme M reductase A (mcrA) genes in hydrothermal sediments of the Guaymas Basin.

    Ashita Dhillon;Mark Lever;Karen G. Lloyd;Daniel B. Albert

  • Acetogenesis in the energy-starved deep biosphere - a paradox?

    Mark Alexander Lever

  • Trends in Basalt and Sediment Core Contamination During IODP Expedition 301

    Mark Alexander Lever;Marc Alperin;Bert Engelen;Fumio Inagaki

  • Methanogenic archaea and sulfate reducing bacteria co-cultured on acetate: teamwork or coexistence?

    Derya Ozuolmez;Hyunsoo Na;Mark Alexander Lever;Kasper Urup Kjeldsen

  • Metabolic variability in seafloor brines revealed by carbon and sulphur dynamics

    Samantha B. Joye;Vladimir A. Samarkin;Beth N. Orcutt;Beth N. Orcutt;Ian R. MacDonald

  • Fluids from the Oceanic Crust Support Microbial Activities within the Deep Biosphere

    B. Engelen;K. Ziegelmueller;L. Wolf;B. Kopke

  • Aeolian dispersal of bacteria in southwest Greenland: their sources, abundance, diversity and physiological states

    Tina Šantl-Temkiv;Ulrich Gosewinkel;Piotr Starnawski;Mark Lever;Mark Lever

  • The Guaymas Basin hiking guide to hydrothermal mounds, chimneys, and microbial mats: Complex seafloor expressions of subsurface hydrothermal circulation

    Andreas Teske;Dirk de Beer;Luke J. McKay;Luke J. McKay;Margaret K. Tivey

  • Microbial Community in Black Rust Exposed to Hot Ridge Flank Crustal Fluids

    Satoshi Nakagawa;Fumio Inagaki;Yohey Suzuki;Bjørn Olav Steinsbu

  • Acetogenesis in Deep Subseafloor Sediments of The Juan de Fuca Ridge Flank: A Synthesis of Geochemical, Thermodynamic, and Gene-based Evidence

    Mark A Lever;Verena B Heuer;Yuki Morono;Noriaki Masui

  • Eutrophication as a driver of microbial community structure in lake sediments.

    Xingguo Han;Carsten Johnny Schubert;Annika Fiskal;Nathalie Dubois;Nathalie Dubois

Frequent Co-Authors

Fumio Inagaki
Fumio Inagaki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Yuki Morono
Yuki Morono Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Andreas P Teske
Andreas P Teske University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Xingguo Han
Xingguo Han Hebei University
Marcus Elvert
Marcus Elvert University of Bremen
Carsten J. Schubert
Carsten J. Schubert Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Christian Hensen
Christian Hensen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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