Environmental controls on crenarchaeol distributions in hydrothermal springs
Amanda Calhoun, Jerome Blewett, Daniel R. Colman, Maximiliano J. Amenábar, Carolynn M. Harris, Eric S. Boyd, Ann Pearson, William D. Leavitt
The paper quantifies iGDGT composition in thermal springs to investigate how pH and temperature influence crenarchaeol abundance and membrane lipid structure in archaea.
Environmental Microbiology · Feb 1, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology