Publications
Selection of recent publications (involving at least two teams at IMPMC)
2020
Monteil CL, Benzerara K, Menguy N, Bidaud CC, Michot-Achdjian E, Bolzoni R, Mathon FP, Coutaud M, Alonso B, Garau C, Jézéquel D, Viollier E, Ginet N, Floriani M, Swaraj S, Sachse M, Busigny V, Duprat E, Guyot F, Lefevre CT. (2020) Intracellular amorphous Ca-carbonate and magnetite biomineralization by a magnetotactic bacterium affiliated to the Alphaproteobacteria. ISME J. doi:10.1038/s41396-020-00747-3
2019
Benzerara K, Bernard S, Miot J. (2019) Mineralogical Identification of Traces of Life. In: Cavalazzi B., Westall F. (eds) Biosignatures for Astrobiology. Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics. Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96175-0_6
Chandramohan A, Duprat E, Remusat L, Zirah S, Lombard C, Kish A. (2019) Novel Mechanism for Surface Layer Shedding and Regenerating in Bacteria Exposed to Metal-Contaminated Conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 3210. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.03210
Colombet J, Billard H, Viguès B, Balor S, Boulé C, Geay L, Benzerara K, Menguy N, Ilango G, Fuster M, Enault F, Bardot C, Gautier V, Pradeep Ram AS, Sime-Ngando T. (2019) Discovery of High Abundances of Aster-Like Nanoparticles in Pelagic Environments: Characterization and Dynamics. Frontiers in Microbiology 10, 2376. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02376
Couasnon T, Gélabert A, Ona-Nguema G, Zanna S, Ménez B, Guyot F. (2019) Experimental assessment of occurrences and stability of lead-bearing minerals in bacterial biofilms. Chemical Geology. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.11.023
De Wever A, Benzerara K, Coutaud M, Caumes G, Poinsot M, Skouri‐Panet F, Laurent T, Duprat E, Gugger M. (2019) Evidence of high Ca uptake by cyanobacteria forming intracellular CaCO3 and impact on their growth. Geobiology 17. doi:10.1111/gbi.12358
Jauvion C, Bernard S, Gueriau P, Mocuta C, Pont S, Benzerara K, Charbonnier S. (2019) Exceptional preservation requires fast biodegradation: thylacocephalan specimens from La Voulte‐sur‐Rhône (Callovian, Jurassic, France). Palaeontology, 1-19. doi:10.1111/pala.12456
Monteil CL, Vallenet D, Menguy N, Benzerara K, Barbe V, Fouteau S, Cruaud C, Floriani M, Viollier E, Adryanczyk G, Leonhardt N, Faivre D, Pignol D, López-García P, Weld RJ, Lefèvre CT. (2019) Ectosymbiotic bacteria at the origin of magnetoreception in a marine protist. Nature Microbiology 4, 1088-1095. doi:10.1038/s41564-019-0432-7.
Zeyen N, Benzerara K, Menguy N, Brest J, Templeton A, Webb S, Gérard E, Moreira D, López-García P, Tavera R, Morin G. (2019) Fe-bearing phases in modern lacustrine microbialites from Mexico. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 253, 201-230. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.03.021
2018
Aufort J, Lebon M, Gallet X, Ségalen L, Gervais C, Brouder C, Balan E. (2018) Macroscopic electrostatic effects in the ATR-FTIR spectra of modern and archaeological bones. American Mineralogist 103, 326-329. doi:10.2138/am-2018-6320CCBYNCND
Blondeau M, Guyodo Y, Guyot F, Gatel C, Menguy N, Chebbi I, Haye B, Durand-Dubief M, Alphandery E, Brayner R, Coradin T. (2018) Magnetic-field induced rotation of magnetosome chains in silicified magnetotactic bacteria. Scientific Reports 8, 7699. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-25972-x
Couasnon T, Gélabert A, Ona-Nguema G, Zanna S, Ménez B, Guyot F. (2018) Experimental assessment of occurrences and stability of lead-bearing minerals in bacterial biofilms. Chemical Geology 505. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.11.023
Ménez B, Pasini V, Guyot F, Benzerara K, Bernard S, Brunelli D. (2018) Mineralizations and transition metal mobility driven by organic carbon during low-temperature serpentinization. Lithos 323, 262-276. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.07.022
Pérez-Villa A, Saitta AM, Georgelin T, Lambert J-F, Guyot F, Maurel M-C, Pietrucci F. (2018) Synthesis of RNA nucleotides in plausible prebiotic conditions from ab initio computer simulations. J Phys Chem Lett 9(17), 4981-4987. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02077
Skouri-Panet F, Benzerara K, Cosmidis J, Férard C, Caumes G, De Luca G, Heulin T, Duprat E. (2018) In vitro and in silico evidence of phosphatase diversity in the biomineralizing bacterium Ramlibacter tataouinensis. Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 2592. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.02592
2017
Alphandery E, Idbaih A, Adam C, Delattre JY, Schmitt C, Guyot F, Chebbi I. (2017) Development of non-pyrogenic magnetosome minerals coated with poly-l-lysine leading to full disappearance of intracranial U87-Luc glioblastoma in 100% of treated mice using magnetic hyperthermia. Biomaterials 141, 210-222. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.06.026
Alphandery E, Idbaih A, Adam C, Delattre JY, Schmitt C, Guyot F, Chebbi I. (2017) Chains of magnetosomes with controlled endotoxin release and partial tumor occupation induce full destruction of intracranial U87-Luc glioma in mice under the application of an alternating magnetic field. Journal of Controlled Release 262, 259-272. doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2017.07.020
Aufort J, Segalen L, Gervais C, Paulatto L, Blanchard M, Balan E. (2017) Site-specific equilibrium isotopic fractionation of oxygen, carbon and calcium in apatite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 219, 57-73. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.09.020
Balan E, Aufort J, Pouille S, Dabos M, Blanchard M, Lazzeri M, Rollion-Bard C, Blamart D. (2017) Infrared spectroscopic study of sulfate-bearing calcite from deep-sea bamboo coral. European Journal of Mineralogy 29, 397-408. doi:10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2611
Balan E, Noireaux J, Mavromatis V, Saldi G, Montouillout V, Blanchard M, Pietrrucci F, Gervais C, Rustad JR, Schott J, Gaillardet J. (2017) Theoretical isotopic fractionation between structural boron in carbonates and aqueous boric acid and borate ion. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 222, 117-129. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.10.017
Cassone G, Pietrucci F, Saija F, Guyot F, Saitta AM. (2017) One-step electric-field driven methane and formaldehyde synthesis from liquid methanol. Chem Sci 3, 2329. doi:10.1039/c6sc04269d
Ducasse R, Wang WA, Navarro MG, Debons N, Colin A, Gautier J, Guigner JM, Guyot F, Gueroui Z. (2017) Programmed Self-Assembly of a Biochemical and Magnetic Scaffold to Trigger and Manipulate Microtubule Structures. Scientific Reports 7. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-10297-y
Hamdous Y, Chebbi I, Mandawala C, Le Févre R, Guyot F, Seksek O, Alphandéry E. (2017) Biocompatible coated magnetosome minerals with various organization and cellular interaction properties induce cytotoxicity towards RG-2 and GL-261 glioma cells in the presence of an alternating magnetic field. Journal of Nanobiotechnology 15. doi:10.1186/s12951-017-0293-2
Li JH, Zhang H, Menguy N, Benzerara K, Wang F, Lin X, Chen Z, Pan Y. (2017) Single-Cell Resolution of Uncultured Magnetotactic Bacteria via Fluorescence-Coupled Electron Microscopy. Applied Environmental Microbiology 83(12), e00409-17. doi:10.1128/AEM.00409-17
Mandawala C, Chebbi I, Durand-Dubief M, Le Févre R, Hamdous Y, Guyot F, Alphandéry E. (2017) Biocompatible and stable magnetosome minerals coated with poly-L-lysine, citric acid, oleic acid, and carboxy-methyl-dextran for application in the magnetic hyperthermia treatment of tumors. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 5(36), 7644-7660. doi:10.1039/C6TB03248F
Miot J, Bernard S, Lombard C, Guyot F, Kish A. (2017) Experimental maturation of Archaea encrusted by Fe-phosphates (2017) Scientific Reports 7(1), 16984. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-17111-9
Rivas-Lamelo S, Benzerara K, Lefèvre CT, Monteil CL, Jézéquel D, Menguy N, Viollier E, Guyot F, Férard C, Poinsot M, Skouri-Panet F, Trcera N, Miot J, Duprat E. (2017) Magnetotactic bacteria as a new model for P sequestration in the ferruginous Lake Pavin. Geochemical Perspectives Letters 5, 35-41. doi:10.7185/geochemlet.1743
Zhang H, Menguy N, Wang FX, Benzerara K, Leroy E, Liu PY, Liu WQ, Wang CL, Pan YX, Chen ZB, Li JH. (2017) Magnetotactic Coccus Strain SHHC-1 Affiliated to Alphaproteobacteria Forms Octahedral Magnetite Magnetosomes. Frontiers in Microbiology 8, 969. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00969
2016
Amor M, Busigny V, Louvat P, Gélabert A, Cartigny P, Durand-Dubief M, Ona-Nguema G, Alphandéry E, Chebbi I, Guyot F. (2016) Mass-dependent and -independent signature of Fe isotopes in magnetotactic bacteria. Science 352, 705-708. doi:10.1126/science.aad7632
Aufort J, Segalen L, Gervais C, Brouder C, Balan E. (2016) Modeling the attenuated total reflectance infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectrum of apatite. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 43, 615-626. doi:10.1007/s00269-016-0821-x
Balan E, Pietrucci F, Gervais C, Blanchard M, Schott J, Gaillardet J. (2016) First-principles study of boron speciation in calcite and aragonite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 193, 119-131. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.026
Baumgartner J, Menguy N, Perez Gonzalez T, Morin G, Widdrat M, Faivre D. (2016) Elongated Magnetite Nanoparticle Formation from a Solid Ferrous Precursor in a Magnetotactic Bacterium. J. R. Soc. Interface. doi:10.1098/rsif.2016.0665
Kish A, Miot J, Lombard C, Guigner J-M, Bernard S, Zirah S, Guyot F. (2016) Preservation of archeal surface layer structure during mineralization. Scientific Reports 6, 26152. doi:10.1038/srep26152
Li J, Menguy N, Arrio M.-A., Sainctavit P, Juhin A, Wang Y, Chen H, Bunau O, Otero E, Ohresser P, Pan Y. (2016) Controlled cobalt doping in the spinel structure of magnetosome magnetite: new evidences from element- and site-specific X-ray magnetic circular dichroism analyses. J. R. Soc. Interface. doi:10.1098/rsif.2016.0355
Miot J, Jézéquel D, Benzerara K, Cordier L, Rivas-Lamelo S, Skouri-Panet F, Férard C, Poinsot M, Duprat E. (2016) Mineralogical diversity in Lake Pavin: connections with water column chemistry and biomineralization processes. Minerals 6, 24. doi:10.3390/min6020024
Miot J, Lu S, Morin G, Adra A, Benzerara K, Küsel K. (2016) Iron mineralogy across the oxycline of a lignite mine lake. Chemical Geology 434, 28-42. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.04.013
Mirvaux B, Recham N, Miot J, Courty M, Bernard S, Beyssac O, Davoisne C, Sougrati M, Demortière A, Guyot F, Tarascon J-M, Larcher D. (2016) Iron phosphate / bacteria composites as precursors for textured materials with enhanced electrochemical properties. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 163(10), A1-A10. doi:10.1149/2.0101610jes
2015
Amor M, Busigny V, Durand-Dubief M, Tharaud M, Ona-Nguema G, Gélabert A, Alphandéry E, Menguy N, Benedetti MF, Chebbi I, Guyot F. (2015) Chemical signature of magnetotactic bacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, 1699-1703 doi:10.1073/pnas.1414112112
Bernard S, Benzerara K, Beyssac O, Balan E, Brown GE Jr. (2015) Evolution of the macromolecular structure of sporopollenin during thermal degradation. Heliyon 1, e00034. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2015.e00034
Bernard S, Benzerara K, Beyssac O, Balan E, Brown GE Jr (2015) Evolution of the macromolecular structure of sporopollenin during thermal degradation as documented by infrared, Raman and C-XANES spectroscopies. Heliyon. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2015.e00034
Cosmidis J, Benzerara K, Guyot F, Skouri-Panet F, Duprat E, Férard C, Guigner JM, Babonneau F, Coehlo C (2015) Calcium-phosphate biomineralization induced by alkaline phosphatase activity in Escherichia coli. Frontiers in Earth Science, 3, doi:10.3389/feart.2015.00084
Gorlas A, Marguet E, Gill S, Geslin C, Guigner JM, Guyot F, Forterre P. (2015) Sulfur vesicles from Thermococcales: A possible role in sulfur detoxifying mechanisms. Biochimie 118, 356–364. doi:10.1016/j.biochi.2015.07.026
Laporte S, Finocchi F, Paulatto L, Blanchard M, Balan E, Guyot F, Saitta AM. (2015) Strong electric fields at a prototypical oxide/water interface probed by ab initio molecular dynamics: MgO(001). Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 20382. doi:10.1039/C5CP02097B
Miot J, Remusat L, Duprat E, Gonzales A, Pont S, Poinsot M. (2015) Fe biomineralization mirrors individual metabolic activity in a nitrate-dependent Fe(II)-oxidizer. Frontiers in Microbiology 6, 879. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00879
Pinilla C, Blanchard M, Balan E, Vuilleumier R, Mauri F. (2015) Equilibrium magnesium isotope fractionation between Mg2+(aq) and carbonate minerals: insights from path integral molecular dynamics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 163, 126-139. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.008
Robin N, Bernard S, Miot J., Blanc-Valleron M-M, Charbonnier S, Petit G. (2015) Calcification and diagenesis of bacterial colonies. Minerals 5, 488-506. doi:10.3390/min5030488
Saitta AM, Saija F, Pietrucci F, Guyot F. (2015) Reply to Bada and Cleaves: Ab initio free-energy landscape of Miller-like prebiotic reactions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, 4. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421035112
Zeyen N, Benzerara K, Li J, Groleau A, Balan E, Robert J-L, Esteve I, Tavera R, Moreira D, Lopez-Garcia P. (2015) Formation of low-T hydrated silicates in modern microbialites from Mexico and implications for microbial fossilization. Frontiers in Earth Science, 3:64. doi:10.3389/feart.2015.00064
2014
Balan E, Blanchard M, Pinilla C, Lazzeri M. (2014) First-principles modeling of sulfate incorporation and 34S/32S isotopic fractionation in different calcium carbonates. Chemical Geology 374-375, 84-91. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.03.004
Benzerara K, Skouri-Panet F, Li J, Férard C, Gugger M, Laurent T, Couradeau E, Ragon M, Cosmidis J, Menguy N, Margaret-Oliver I, Tavera R, López-García P, Moreira D. (2014) Intracellular Ca-carbonate biomineralization is widespread in cyanobacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111, 10933-10938. doi:10.1073/pnas.1403510111
Berlendis S, Beyssac O, Derenne S, Benzerara K, Anquetil C, Guillaumet M, Estève I, Capelle B. (2014) Comparative mineralogy, organic geochemistry and microbial diversity of the Autun black shale and Graissessac coal (France). International Journal of Coal Geology 132, 147-157. doi:10.1016/j.coal.2014.07.005
Cosmidis J, Benzerara K, Morin G, Busigny V, Lebeau O, Jézéquel D, Noël V, Dublet G, Othmane G. (2014) Biomineralization of iron-phosphates in the water column of Lake Pavin (Massif Central, France). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 126, 78-96. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.10.037
El Albani A, Bengtson S, (…) Benzerara K, Bernard S, et al. (2014) The 2.1 Ga Old Francevillian Biota: Biogenicity, Taphonomy and Biodiversity. PlosOne, 9, e99438. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099438
Li J, Bernard S, Benzerara K, Allard T, Cosmidis J, Moussou J, Beyssac O. (2014) Impact of biomineralization on the preservation of microorganisms during fossilization: an experimental perspective. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 400, 113-122. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.031
Miot J, Recham N, Larcher D, Guyot F, Brest J, Tarascon J-M. (2014) Biomineralized Fe2O3: texture and electrochemical reaction with Li. Energy & Environmental Science 7(1), 451-460. doi:10.1039/C3EE41767K
Miot J, Li J, Benzerara K, Sougrati M, Ona-Nguema G, Bernard S, Jumas JC, Guyot F. (2014) Formation of single domain magnetite by green rust oxidation promoted by microbial anaerobic nitrate-dependent iron oxidation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 139, 327-343. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.04.047
Yi H, Balan E, Gervais C, Segalen L, Blanchard M, Lazzeri M. (2014) Theoretical study of the local charge compensation and spectroscopic properties of carbonate defects in apatite. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 41, 347-359. doi:10.1007/s00269-013-0654-9
Yi H, Balan E, Gervais C, Segalen L, Roche D, Fayon F, Person A, Morin G, Babonneau F. (2014) Probing atomic scale transformation of fossil enamel using FTIR and NMR spectroscopy: A case study from the Tugen Hills (Rift Gregory, Kenya). Acta Biomaterialia 10, 3952-3958. doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2013.12.049
2013
Alphandéry E, ChebbiI, Guyot F, Durand-Dubief M. (2013) Use of bacterial magnetosomes in the magnetic hyperthermia treatment of tumours: a review. Int. Journ. Hyperthermia (8), 801-9. doi:10.3109/02656736.2013.821527
Baumgartner J, Morin G, Menguy N, Perez Gonzalez T, Widdrat M, Cosmidis J, Faivre D. (2013) Magnetotactic bacteria form magnetite from a phosphate-rich ferric hydroxide via nanometric ferric (oxyhydr)oxide intermediates. Proc Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110, 14883-14888. doi:10.1073/pnas.1307119110
Cosmidis J, Benzerara K, Menguy N, Arning E. (2013) Microscopy evidence of bacterial microfossils in phosphorite crusts of the Peruvian shelf: implications for phosphogenesis mechanisms. Chemical Geology, 359, 10-22. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.09.009
Li J, Benzerara K, Bernard S, Beyssac O. (2013) The link between biomineralization and fossilization of bacteria: Insights from field and experimental studies. Chemical Geology 359, 49-69. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.09.013
Pasini V, Brunelli D, Dumas P, Sandt C, Frederick J, Benzerara B, Bernard S, Menez B. (2013) Low temperature hydrothermal oil and associated biological precursors in serpentinites from Mid-Ocean Ridge. Lithos. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2013.06.014
Planchon M, Ferrari R, Guyot F, Gélabert A, Menguy N, Chanéac C, Thill A, Benedetti MF, Spalla O. (2013) Interaction between Escherichia coli and TiO2 Nanoparticles in Natural and Artificial Waters. Colloids and Surfaces B:Biointerfaces 102, 158-164. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2012.08.034
Seder-Colomina M, Morin G, Benzerara B, Ona-Nguema G, Pernelle J-J, Esposito, van Hullebusch E. (2013) Sphaerotilus natans, a neutrophilic iron-related sheath- forming bacterium: perspectives for metal remediation strategies. Geomicrobiology J. doi:10.1080/01490451.2013.806611
Yi H, Balan E, Gervais C, Segalen L, Fayon F, Roche D, Person A, Morin G, Guillaumet M, Blanchard M, Lazzeri M, Babonneau F. (2013) A carbonate-fluoride defect model for carbonate-rich fluorapatite. American Mineralogist, 98, 1066-1069. doi:10.2138/am.2013.4445