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Ivarsson, M., Drake, M., Neubeck, A., Snoeyenbos-West, O., Belivanova, V., Bengtson, S. (2021) Introducing Paleolithobiology. GFF, DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2021.1895302.

 

Neubeck, A., Arjen Boosman, A., Hosgörmez, H., Dogacan Özcan, D., Boskabadi, A., Ivarsson, M., Olivier Rouxel, O. (2021) δ60Ni and δ13C composition of serpentinites and carbonates of the Tekirova ophiolite, Turkey, and Meatiq ophiolite, Egypt. Frontiers in Earth Science, section Geochemistry, doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.651967.

 

Drake, H., Roberts, N.M.W., Reinhardt, M., Whitehouse, M., Ivarsson, M., Karlsson, A., Kooijman, E., Kielman-Schmitt, M. (2021) Biosignatures of ancient microbial life are omnipresent in the continental igneous crust. Communications Earth & Environment. 2, 102. doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00170-2.

 

Neubeck, A., Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Lima-Zaloumis, J., Bach, W., Whitehouse, M. (2021) Carbon isotopic composition of Frutexites in subseafloor ultramafic rocks. Biogeochemistry, doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00806-7.

 

McMahon, S., Ivarsson, M., Wacey, D., Saunders, M., Belivanova, V., Muirhead, D., Knoll, P., Steinbock, O., Frost, D.A. (2021) Dubiofossils from a Mars-analogue subsurface palaeoenvironment: the limits of biogenicity criteria. Geobiology. DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12445.

 

Little, C.T.S., Johannessen, K.C., Bengtson, S., Chan, C.S., Ivarsson, M., Slack, J.F., Broman, C., Thorseth, I.H., Grenne, T., Rouxel, O.J., Bekker, A. (2021) A late Paleoproterozoic (1.74 Ga) deep-sea, low-temperature, iron-oxidizing microbial hydrothermal vent community from Arizona, USA. Geobiology, DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12434.

 

Drake, H., Ivarsson, M., Heim, C., Snoeyenbos-West, O., Bengtson, S., Belivanova, V., Whitehouse, M. (2021) Fossilized anaerobic and possibly methanogenesis-fueling fungi identified deep within the Siljan impact structure. Communications Earth & Environment, DOI: 10.1038/s43247-021-00107-9.

 

Drake, H., Ivarsson, M., Heim, C. (2020) Tracking the deep biosphere through time. Geosciences, 10, 461; doi:10.3390/geosciences10110461.

 

Tulej, M., Lukmanov, R., Grimaudo, V., Riedo, A., Cedeño López, A., de Koning, C., Ligterink, N.F.W., Neubeck, A., Ivarsson, M., Wurz, P. (2020) Determination of the microscopic mineralogy of inclusions in an amygdaloidal pillow basalt by LIMS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Journal of Spectrometry, DOI: 10.1002/jms.4660.

 

Ivarsson, M., Drake, H., Neubeck, A., Sallstedt, T., Bengtson, S., Roberts, N.M.W, Rasmussen, B. (2020) The fossil record of igneous rock. Earth Science Reviews, 210, 103342.

 

Tulej, M., Neubeck, A., Riedo, A., Lukmanov, R., Grimaudo, V., Ligterink, N.F.W., Ivarsson, M., Bach, W., de Koning, C., Wurz, P. (2020) Isotope abundance ratio measurements using femtosecond laser ablation ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Mass Spectrometry, DOI: 10.1002/jms.4660.

 

Kilias, S.P., Ivarsson, M., Chi Fru, E., Rattray, J.E., Gustafsson, H.L., Naden, J., Detsi, K. (2020) Precipitation of Mn oxides in quaternary microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS), Cape Vani paleo-hydrothermal vent field, Milos, Greece. Minerals, 10, 536; doi:10.3390/min10060536.

 

Ivarsson, M., Drake, H., Bengtson, S., Rasmussen, S. (2020) A cryptic alternative for the evolution of hyphae. Bioessays, 42, DOI: 10.1002/bies.201900183

 

Neubeck, A., Broman, C., Ivarsson, M., Holm, N.G., Whitehouse, M., Nilsson, S., Geppert, W., Gervilla, F. (2020) Isotopic signatures of carbon in the “Los Pobres” graphite mine, Ronda, Spain. Journal of Petrology, 61, No. 4: egaa042

doi: 10.1093/petrology/egaa042.

 

Ivarsson, M., Kilias, S.P., Broman, C., Neubeck, A., Drake, H., Chi Fru, E., Bengtson, S., Naden, J., Detsi, K., Whitehouse, M.J. (2019) Exceptional preservation of fungi as H2-bearing fluid inclusions in an early Quaternary paleo-hydrothermal system at Cape Vani, Milos, Greece. Minerals, 9, 749, doi:10.3390/min9120749.

 

Carlsson, D.-T., Ivarsson, M., Neubeck, A. (2019) Fossilized endolithic microorganisms in pillow lavas from the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus. Geosciences, 9, 456; doi:10.3390/geosciences9110456.

 

Drake, H., Roberts, N., Heim, C., Whitehouse, M., Siljeström, S., Kooijman, E., Broman, C., Ivarsson, M., Åström, M. (2019) Timing and origin of natural gas accumulation in the Siljan impact structure, Sweden. Nature Communications, 10:4736, doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12728-y.

 

Sallstedt, T., Ivarsson, M., Drake, H., Skogby, H. (2019) Instant attraction: clay authigenesis in fossil fungal biofilms. Geosciences, 9, 369; doi:10.3390/geosciences9090369.

 

Jackson, M.D., Couper, S., Stan, C.V., Ivarsson, M., Czabaj, M.W., Tamura, N., Parkinson, D., Miyagi, L.M., Moore, J.G. (2019) Authigenic mineral textures in submarine 1979 basalt drill core, Surtsey volcano, Iceland. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20, 3751–3773. doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008304.

 

Tillberg, M., Ivarsson, M., Drake, H., Whitehouse, M., Kooijman, E., Schmitt M. (2019) Re-evaluating the age of deep biosphere fossils in the Lockne impact structure. Geosciences, 9, 202; doi:10.3390/geosciences9050202.

 

McMahon, S., Ivarsson, M. (2019) A new frontier for palaeobiology: Earth's vast deep biosphere. Bioessays, 41, DOI: 10.1002/bies.201900052.

 

Ivarsson, M., Sallstedt, T., Carlsson, D.-T. (2019) Morphological biosignatures in volcanic rocks - applications for life detection on Mars. Frontiers in Earth Science, section Microbiological Chemistry and Geomicrobiology, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00091.

 

Onstott, T.C., Ehlmann, B.L., Sapers, H., Coleman, M., Ivarsson, M., Marlow, J.J., Neubeck, A., Niles, P. (2019) Paleo-rock-hosted life on Earth and the search on Mars: a review and strategy for exploration. Astrobiology, 19, DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1960.

 

Chi Fru, E., Callac, N., Posth, N.R., Argyaki, A., Ling, Y.-C., Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Kilias, S.P. (2018) Arsenic and high affinity phosphate uptake gene distribution in shallow submarine hydrothermal sediments. Biogeosciences, doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0500-8.

 

Ivarsson, M., Skogby, H, Phichaikamjornwut, B., Bengtson, S., Siljeström, S., Ounchanum, P., Boonsong, A., Kruachanta, M., Marone, F., Belivanova, V., Holmström, S. (2018) Intricate tunnels in garnets from soils and river sediments in Thailand – possible endolithic microborings. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0200351. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200351.

 

Drake, H., Ivarsson, M. Tillberg, M., Whitehouse, M., Kooijman, E. (2018) Ancient microbial activity in deep hydraulically conductive fracture zones within the Forsmark target area for deep geological nuclear waste disposal, Sweden. Geosciences, 8, 211, doi:10.3390/geosciences8060211.

 

Wiesendanger, R., Grimaudo, V., Moreno, P., Cedeῆo López, A., Riedo, A., Tulej, M., Neubeck, A., Ivarsson, M., Wacey, D., Wurz, P. (2018) Chemical and optical identification of micrometer sized 1.9 Ga old fossils with a miniature LIMS system combined with an optical microscope. Astrobiology, 18, doi.org/10.1089/ast.2017.1780.

 

Chi Fru, E., Kilias, S., Ivarsson, M., Rattray, J.E., Gkika, K., McDonald, I., He, Q., Broman, C. (2018) Sedimentary mechanisms of a modern banded iron formation on Milos Island, Greece. Solid Earth, 9, 573–598, 2018.

 

Drake, H., Ivarsson, M. (2018). The role of anaerobic fungi in fundamental biogeochemical cycles in the deep biosphere. Fungal Biology Reviews, 32, 20-25.

 

Callac, N., Posth, N., Rattray, J., Yamoah, K., Wiech, A., Ivarsson, M., Hemmingsson, C., Kilias, S., Argyraki, A., Broman, C., Skogby, H., Smittenberg, R., Chi Fru, E. (2017) Modes of carbon fixation and CO2-rich shallow hydrothermal ecosystem. Scientific Reports, 7: 14708 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-13910-2.

 

Ivarsson, M., Bach, W., Broman, C., Neubeck, A., Bengtson, S. (2017) Fossilized life in subseafloor ultramafic rocks. Geomicrobiology Journal, doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2017.1370517.

 

Drake, H., Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S., Heim, C., Siljeström, S., Whitehouse, M., Broman, C., Belivanova, V., Åström, M.E. (2017) Anaerobic consortia of fungi and sulfate reducing bacteria in deep granite fractures. Nature Communications, 8:55. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00094-6.

 

Drake, H., Heim, C. Roberts, N.M.W., Zack, T., Tillberg, M., Broman, C., Ivarsson, M., Whitehouse, J. M., Åström, M. E. (2017) Isotopic evidence for microbial production and consumption of methane in the upper continental crust throughout the Phanerozoic eon. EPSL 470, 108-118.

 

Neubeck, A., Sun, L., Müller, B., Ivarsson, M., Hosgörmez, H., Özcan, D., Broman, C., Schnürer, A. (2017) Microbial community structure of a serpentine-hosted abiotic gas seepage at the Chimaera ophiolite, Turkey. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, doi:10.1128/AEM.03430-16.

 

Bengtson, S., Rasmussen, B., Ivarsson, M., Muhling, J., Broman, C., Marone, F., Stampanoni, M., Bekker, A. (2017) Fungus-like mycelial fossils in 2.4 billion-year-old vesicular basalt. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1: 0141.

 

Sjöberg, S., Allard, B., Rattray, J.E., Callac, N., Grawunder, A., Ivarsson, M., Sjöberg, V., Karlsson, S., Skelton, A., Dupraz, C. (2017) Rare Earth element enriched birnessite in water-bearing fractures, the Ytterby mine, Sweden. Applied Geochemistry, 78, 158-171.

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Réblová, M., Hubka, V., Thureborn, O., Lundberg, J., Sallstedt, T., Wedin, M., Ivarsson, M. (2016) From the tunnels into the treetops: new lineages of black yeasts from biofilm in the Stockholm metro system and their relatives among ant-associated fungi in the Chaetothyriales. PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0163396.

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Sjöqvist, A.S.L., Lindgren, P., Sturkell, E.F.F., Hogmalm, K.J., Broman, C., Ivarsson, M., Lee, M.R. (2016) Shock metamorphism and hydrothermal alteration of mafic impact ejecta from the Lockne impact structure, Sweden. GFF, DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2016.1227361.

 

Ivarsson, M., Schnürer, A., Bengtson, S., Neubeck, A. (2016) Anaerobic fungi: a potential source of biological H2 in the oceanic crust. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:674, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00674.

 

Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S., Neubeck, A. (2016) The igneous oceanic crust – Earth’s largest fungal habitat? Fungal Ecology 20, 249-255.

 

Zepeda Mendoza, M.L., Lundberg, J., Ivarsson, M., Campos, P., Nylander, J.A.A., Dalén, L. (2016) Metagenomic analysis from the interior of a speleothem in Tjuv-Ante’s Cave, northern Sweden. PLOS ONE DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0151577.

 

Jackson, M.D., Gudmundsson, M.T., Bach, W., Cappelletti, P., Coleman, N.J., Ivarsson, M., Jónasson, K., Jørgensen, S.L., Marteinsson, V., McPhie, J., Moore, J.G., Nielson, D., Rhodes, J.M., Rispoli, C., Schiffman, P., Stefánsson, A., Türke, A., Vanorio, T., Weisenberger, T.B., White, J.D.L., Zierenberg, R., Zimanowski, B. (2015) Time-lapse characterization of hydrothermal seawater and microbial interactions with basaltic tephra at Surtsey volcano. Scientific Drilling, 20, 51-58. doi:10.5194/sd-20-51-2015.

 

Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S., Skogby, H., Lazor, P., Broman, C., Belivanova, V., Marone, F., (2015) A fungal-prokaryotic consortium at the basalt-zeolite interface in subseafloor igneous crust. PLOS ONE, 10(10):e014016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140106.

 

Neubeck, A., Tulej, M., Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Riedo, A., Wurz, P., Bengtson, S., McMahon, S. (2015) Mineralogical determination in situ of a highly heterogenous material using miniaturized laser ablation mass spectrometer with high spatial resolution. International Journal of Astrobiology, doi:10.1017/S1473550415000269.

 

Tulej, M., Neubeck, A., Ivarsson, M., Riedo, A., Neuland, M.B., Meyer, S., Wurz, P. (2015) Chemical composition of micrometer-sized filaments in an aragonite host by a miniature laser ablation/ionization mass spectrometer. Astrobiology, 15, 669-682.

 

Ivarsson, M., Peckmann, J., Tehler, A., Broman, C., Bach, W., Behrens, K., Reitner, J., Böttcher, M.E., Norbäck-Ivarsson, L. (2015) Zygomycetes in vesicular basanites from Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin – a new type of cryptoendolithic fungi. PLOS ONE, 10(7): e01333368. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.01333368.

 

Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Gustafsson, H., Holm, N.G. (2015) Biogenic Mn-oxides in subseafloor basalts. PLOS ONE 10(6): e0128863. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128863.

 

Drake, H., Åström, M.E., Heim, C., Broman, C., Åström, J., Whitehouse, M., Ivarsson, M., Siljeström, S., Sjövall, P. (2015) Extreme 13C-depletion of carbonates formed during oxidation of biogenic methane in fractured granite. Nature Communications, 6:7020, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8020.

 

Chi Fru, E., Ivarsson, M., Kilias, S.P., Frings, S., Hemmingsson, C., Broman, C., Bengtson, S., Chatzitheodoridis, C. (2015). Biogenicity of an early Quaternary iron formation, Milos Island, Greece. Geobiology, 13, 225-244.

 

Tulej, M., Riedo, A., Neuland, M.B., Meyer, S., Wurz, P., Thomas, N., Grimaudo, V., Moreno-Garcia, P., Broekmann, P., Neubeck, A., Ivarsson, M. (2014). CAMAM: a miniature laser ablation ionization mass spectrometer and camera-microscope system for in situ investigation of the composition and morphology of extraterrestrial materials. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 38, 441-466.

 

Bengtson, S., Ivarsson, M., Astolfo, A., Belivanova, V., Broman, C., Marone, F., Stampanoni, M. (2014) Deep-biosphere consortium of fungi and prokaryotes in Eocene sub-seafloor basalts. Geobiology 12, 489-496.

 

Sallstedt, T., Ivarsson, M., Lundberg, J.E.K., Sjöberg, R., Vidal Romaní, J.R. (2014) Speleothem and biofilm formation in granite/dolerite cave, northern Sweden. International Journal of Speleology 43, 305-313.

 

Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Sturkell, E., Ormö, J., Siljeström, S., van Zuilen, M., Bengtson, S. (2013) Fungal colonization of an Ordovician impact-induced hydrothermal system. Scientific Reports 3, 3487; DOI:10.1038/srep03487.

 

Norbäck Ivarsson, L., Ivarsson, M., Lundberg, J., Sallstedt, T., Rydin, C. (2013) Epilithic and aerophilic diatoms in the artificial environment of Kungsträdgården metro station, Stockholm, Sweden. International Journal of Speleology, 42, 289-297.

 

Chi Fru, E., Ivarsson, M., Kilias, S.P., Bengtson, S., Belivanova, V., Marone, F., Fortin, D., Broman, C., and Stampanoni, M. (2013) Fossilized iron bacteria reveal pathway to biological origin of banded iron formation. Nature Communications, 4, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3050.

 

Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S., Skogby, H., Belivanova, V., and Marone, F. (2013) Fungal colonies in open fractures of subseafloor basalt. Geo-Marine Letters, 33, 233-243.

 

Ivarsson, M. (2012) The subseafloor basalts as fungal habitats. Biogeosciences, 9, 3625-3635.

 

Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S., Belivanova, V., Stampanoni, M., Marone, F., and Tehler, A. (2012) Fossilized fungi in subseafloor Eocene basalts. Geology, 40, 163-166.

 

Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Holmström, S.J.M., Ahlbom, M., Lindblom, S. and Holm, N.G. (2011) Putative fossilised fungi in the lithified volcaniclastic apron of Gran Canaria, Spain. Astrobiology, 11, 633-650.

 

Ivarsson, M., Broman, C. and Holm, N.G. (2011) Chromite oxidation by manganese oxides in subseafloor basalts and the presence of putative fossilized microorganisms. Geochemical Transactions 12:5

 

Ivarsson, M., Kilias, S.P., Broman, C., Naden, J. and Detsi, K. (2010) Fossilized microorganisms preserved as fluid inclusions in epithermal veins, Vani Mn-Ba deposit, Milos Island, Greece. Proceedings of the XIX CBGA Congress, 100, 297-307.

 

Ivarsson, M. and Lindgren, P. (2010) The search for sustainable subsurface habitats on Mars, and the sampling of impact ejecta. Sustainability, 2, 1969-1990.

 

Lindgren, P., Ivarsson, M., Neubeck, A., Broman, C., Henkel, H. and Holm, N.G. (2010) Putative fossil life in a hydrothermal system of the Dellen impact structure, Sweden. International Journal of Astrobiology, 9, 137-146.

 

Mcloughlin, N., Staudigel, H, Furnes, H., Eichmann, B. and Ivarsson, M. (2010) Mechanisms of microtunneling in rock substrates – Distinguishing endolithic biosignatures from abiotic microtunnels. Geobiology, 8, 245-255.

 

Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Lindblom, S. and Holm, N.G. (2009) Fluid inclusions as a tool to constrain the preservation conditions of sub-seafloor cryptoendoliths. Planetary and Space Science 57, 477-490.

 

Ivarsson, M., Lausmaa, J., Lindblom, S., Broman, C. and Holm, N.G. (2008) Fossilized microorganisms from the Emperor Seamounts: implications for the search for a sub-surface fossil record on Earth and Mars. Astrobiology 8, 1139-1157.

 

Ivarsson, M., Gehör, S. and Holm, N.G. (2008) Micro-scale variations of iron isotopes in fossilized microorganisms. International Journal of Astrobiology 7, 93-106.

 

Ivarsson, M., Lindblom, S., Broman, C. and Holm, N.G. (2008). Fossilized microorganisms associated with zeolite-carbonate interfaces in sub-seafloor hydrothermal environments. Geobiology 6, 155-170.

 

Holm, N.G., Dumont, M., Ivarsson, M. and Konn, C. (2006). Alkaline fluid circulation in ultramafic rocks and formation of nucleotide constituents: a hypothesis. Geochemical Transactions 7:7.

 

Ivarsson, M. (2006). Advantages of doubly polished thin sections for the study of microfossils in volcanic rock. Geochemical Transactions 7:5.