Cloern JE, Cole BE, Oremland RS (1983a) Seasonal changes in the chemical and biological nature
of a meromictic Lake (Big Soda Lake, Nevada, USA). Hydrobiologia 105:195–206
Cloern JE, Cole BA, Oremland RS (1983b) Autotrophic processes in Big Soda Lake, Nevada.
Limnol Oceanogr 28:1049–1061
Cloern JE, Cole BE, Wienke SM (1987) Big Soda Lake (Nevada). 4. Vertical fluxes of particulate
matter: seasonality and variations across the chemocline. Limnol Oceanogr 32:815–824
Connell TL, Joye SB, Miller LG, Oremland RS et al (1997) Bacterial oxidation of methyl bromide
in Mono Lake. California Env Sci Techno 31:1489–1495
Denning EJ, MacKerell J (2011) Impact of arsenic/phosphorus substitution on the intrinsic conformational properties of the phosphodiester backbone of DNA investigated using ab initio
quantum mechanical calculations. J Amer Chem Soc 133:5770–5772
Elias M, Wellner A, Goldin-Azulay K et al (2012) The molecular basis of phosphate discrimination
in arsenate-rich environments. Nature 491:134–137
Erb TJ, Kiefer P, Hattendorf B et al (2012) GFAJ-1 is an arsenate-resistant, phosphate dependent
organism. Science 337:1163–1166
Glabonjet R, Blum JS, Miller LG et al (2020) Arsenolipids in cultured Picocystis strain ML, and
their occurrence in biota and sediment from Mono Lake, California. Life 10:93. https://doi.org/
10.3390/life10060093
Hernandez Maldonado J, Stoneburner B, Boren A, Miller L, Rosen M, Oremland RS, Saltikov CW
(2016) Genome sequence of the photoarsenotrophic bacterium, Ectothiorhodospira str. sp. BSL9, isolated from a saline alkaline arsenic rich extreme environment. Genome Announc 4(5):
e01139–e15/16
Hernandez-Maldonado J, Sanchez-Sedillo B, Stoneburner B, Boren A, Miller L, McCann S, Rosen
M, Oremland RS, Saltikov CW (2017) The genetic basis of anoxygenic photosynthetic arsenite
oxidation. Environ Microbiol 19:130–141. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13509
Hoeft McCann S, Conrad A, Hernandez-Maldonado J et al (2017) Arsenite as an electron donor for
anoxygenic photosynthesis: description of three strains of Ectothiorhodospira from Mono Lake,
California and Big Soda Lake. Nevada Life 2017(7):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/life701000
Hoeft SE, Lucas F, Hollibaugh JT et al (2002) Characterization of microbial arsenate reduction in
the anoxic bottom waters of Mono Lake, California. Geomicrobiol J 19:23–40
Hoeft SE, Kulp TR, Stolz JF et al (2004) Dissimilatory arsenate reduction with sulfide as the
electron donor: experiments with mono Lake water and isolation of strain MLMS-1, a chemoautotrophic arsenate respirer. Appl Environ Microbiol 70:2741–2747
Hoeft SE, Switzer Blum J, Stolz JF et al (2007) Alkalilimnicola ehlichii, sp. nov., a novel, arseniteoxidizing haloalkalipihilic γ-Proteobacterium capable of chemoautotrophic or heterotrophic
growth with nitrate or oxygen as the electron acceptor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:504–512
Hoeft SE, Kulp TR, Han S et al (2010) Coupled arsenotrophy in a photosynthetic hot spring biofilm
from Mono Lake, California. Appl Environ Microbiol 76:4633–4639
Hollibaugh JT, Carini S, Gürleyük H et al (2005) Arsenic speciation in Mono Lake, California:
response to seasonal stratification and anoxia. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 69:1925–1937
Iversen N, Oremland RS, Klug MJ (1987) Big Soda Lake (Nevada). 3. Pelagic methanogenesis and
anaerobic methane oxidation. Limnol Oceanogr 32:804–814
Jayko A, Hart PE, Childs JE et al (2013) Methods and spatial extent of geophysical investigations,
Mono Lake, California, 2009 to 2011. USGS Open-File Report 2013–1113
Joye SB, Connell TL, Miller LG, Jellison R, Oremland RS (1999) Oxidation of ammonia and
methane in an alkaline, saline lake. Limnol Oceanogr 44:178–188
Kulp TR, Hoeft SE, Miller LG et al (2006) Dissimilatory arsenate- and sulfate-reduction in
sediments of two hypersaline, arsenic-rich soda lakes: Mono and Searles Lakes, California.
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:6514–6526
Kulp TR, Han S, Saltikov C et al (2007) Effects of imposed salinity gradients on dissimilatory
arsenate-reduction, sulfate-reduction, and other microbial processes in sediments from two
California soda lakes. Appl Environ Microbiol 73:5130–5137
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of a meromictic Lake (Big Soda Lake, Nevada, USA). Hydrobiologia 105:195–206
Cloern JE, Cole BA, Oremland RS (1983b) Autotrophic processes in Big Soda Lake, Nevada.
Limnol Oceanogr 28:1049–1061
Cloern JE, Cole BE, Wienke SM (1987) Big Soda Lake (Nevada). 4. Vertical fluxes of particulate
matter: seasonality and variations across the chemocline. Limnol Oceanogr 32:815–824
Connell TL, Joye SB, Miller LG, Oremland RS et al (1997) Bacterial oxidation of methyl bromide
in Mono Lake. California Env Sci Techno 31:1489–1495
Denning EJ, MacKerell J (2011) Impact of arsenic/phosphorus substitution on the intrinsic conformational properties of the phosphodiester backbone of DNA investigated using ab initio
quantum mechanical calculations. J Amer Chem Soc 133:5770–5772
Elias M, Wellner A, Goldin-Azulay K et al (2012) The molecular basis of phosphate discrimination
in arsenate-rich environments. Nature 491:134–137
Erb TJ, Kiefer P, Hattendorf B et al (2012) GFAJ-1 is an arsenate-resistant, phosphate dependent
organism. Science 337:1163–1166
Glabonjet R, Blum JS, Miller LG et al (2020) Arsenolipids in cultured Picocystis strain ML, and
their occurrence in biota and sediment from Mono Lake, California. Life 10:93. https://doi.org/
10.3390/life10060093
Hernandez Maldonado J, Stoneburner B, Boren A, Miller L, Rosen M, Oremland RS, Saltikov CW
(2016) Genome sequence of the photoarsenotrophic bacterium, Ectothiorhodospira str. sp. BSL9, isolated from a saline alkaline arsenic rich extreme environment. Genome Announc 4(5):
e01139–e15/16
Hernandez-Maldonado J, Sanchez-Sedillo B, Stoneburner B, Boren A, Miller L, McCann S, Rosen
M, Oremland RS, Saltikov CW (2017) The genetic basis of anoxygenic photosynthetic arsenite
oxidation. Environ Microbiol 19:130–141. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13509
Hoeft McCann S, Conrad A, Hernandez-Maldonado J et al (2017) Arsenite as an electron donor for
anoxygenic photosynthesis: description of three strains of Ectothiorhodospira from Mono Lake,
California and Big Soda Lake. Nevada Life 2017(7):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/life701000
Hoeft SE, Lucas F, Hollibaugh JT et al (2002) Characterization of microbial arsenate reduction in
the anoxic bottom waters of Mono Lake, California. Geomicrobiol J 19:23–40
Hoeft SE, Kulp TR, Stolz JF et al (2004) Dissimilatory arsenate reduction with sulfide as the
electron donor: experiments with mono Lake water and isolation of strain MLMS-1, a chemoautotrophic arsenate respirer. Appl Environ Microbiol 70:2741–2747
Hoeft SE, Switzer Blum J, Stolz JF et al (2007) Alkalilimnicola ehlichii, sp. nov., a novel, arseniteoxidizing haloalkalipihilic γ-Proteobacterium capable of chemoautotrophic or heterotrophic
growth with nitrate or oxygen as the electron acceptor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:504–512
Hoeft SE, Kulp TR, Han S et al (2010) Coupled arsenotrophy in a photosynthetic hot spring biofilm
from Mono Lake, California. Appl Environ Microbiol 76:4633–4639
Hollibaugh JT, Carini S, Gürleyük H et al (2005) Arsenic speciation in Mono Lake, California:
response to seasonal stratification and anoxia. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 69:1925–1937
Iversen N, Oremland RS, Klug MJ (1987) Big Soda Lake (Nevada). 3. Pelagic methanogenesis and
anaerobic methane oxidation. Limnol Oceanogr 32:804–814
Jayko A, Hart PE, Childs JE et al (2013) Methods and spatial extent of geophysical investigations,
Mono Lake, California, 2009 to 2011. USGS Open-File Report 2013–1113
Joye SB, Connell TL, Miller LG, Jellison R, Oremland RS (1999) Oxidation of ammonia and
methane in an alkaline, saline lake. Limnol Oceanogr 44:178–188
Kulp TR, Hoeft SE, Miller LG et al (2006) Dissimilatory arsenate- and sulfate-reduction in
sediments of two hypersaline, arsenic-rich soda lakes: Mono and Searles Lakes, California.
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:6514–6526
Kulp TR, Han S, Saltikov C et al (2007) Effects of imposed salinity gradients on dissimilatory
arsenate-reduction, sulfate-reduction, and other microbial processes in sediments from two
California soda lakes. Appl Environ Microbiol 73:5130–5137
31 Salty, Alkali-Laced Tales (Mostly True) from the Great Basin Desert, California. . .
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