Vetriani, C., J. W., Voordeckers, M. Crespo-Medina, C. O’Brien, D. Giovannelli, R. A. Lutz. 2014. Deep-sea hydrothermal vent Epsiloproteobacteria encode for a conserved and widespread nitrate reduction pathway (Nap). The ISME Journal 8: 1510-1521 (July 2014) | doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.246.

Andrianasolo, E. H., L. Haramaty, E. White, R. Lutz, P. G. Falkowski,. 2013. Mode of action of diterpene and characterization of related metabolites from the soft coral, Xenia elongata. 2014. Marine Drugs 12: 1102-1115; doi:10.3390/md12021102.

Andrianasolo, E. H., Haramaty, L., Rosario-Passapera, R., Vetriani, C., Falkowski, P. G., White, E., Lutz. 2012. Ammonficins C and D: Hydroxpyethylamine chromene derivatives from a cultured marine hydrothermal vent bacterium, Thermovibrio ammonificans. Marine Drugs. 10: 2300-2311.

Lutz, R.A., Falkowski, P.G. 2012. A Dive to Challenger Deep. Science 336:301-302.

Lutz, R.A. 2012. Deep-sea hydrothermal vents. pp.242-270 In: Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival (Ed: E. Bell). CABI, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. 554 p.

Rosario-Passapera, R., Keddis, R., Wong, R., Lutz, R. A., Starovoytov, V. and Vetriani, C. 2012. Parvibaculum hydrocarbonoclasticum sp. nov., a mesophilic, alkane-oxidizing alphaproteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the East Pacific Rise. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62:2921-2926.

Pérez-Rodríguez, I., A. Grosche, L. Massenburg, V. Starovoytov R.A. Lutz, C. Vetriani 2012. Phorcysium thermohydrogeniphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the East Pacific Rise. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62: 2388-2394.

Andrianasolo, E.H. R.A. Lutz and P/ Falkowski. 2012. “Deep-sea hydrothermal vents as a new source of drug discovery Studies in Natural Products Chemistry. 36:43.66

Bennett, K.F., A.J. Reed, R.A. Lutz. 2011. DNA barcoding reveals Brachidontes from two ecologically distinct intertidal habitats on Long Key, Florida Keys, are cryptic species, not ecotypes. Nautilus, 125(2):1-9.

Andriansolo, E., L. Haramaty, K. Mcphail, E. White, C. Vetriani. P. Falkowski, R. Lutz. 2011. Bathymodiolamides A and B, Ceramide Derivatives from a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Invertebrate Mussel, Bathymodiolus thermophilus. J. Nat. Prod., 2011, 74 (4):842-846.

Coykendall,K., S.B. Johnson, S.A. Karl, R.A. Lutz, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2011. Genetic diversity and demographic instability in Riftia pachyptila tubeworms from eastern Pacific hydrothermal vents. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:96-107

Lutz, R.A., and T.M. Shank. 2009. (Guest Editors) Marine Ecology and Biodiversity: A Compilation of Papers in Honor of J. Frederick Grassle, Deep Sea Research II, Special Issue. September, 2009, 56:1569-1891.

Lutz, R.A. 2009. Introduction: Marine Ecology and Biodiversity: A Compilation of Papers in Honor of J. Frederick Grassle, Deep Sea Research II. 56:1569.

Rona, P.A., A. Seilacher, C. de Vargas. A. J. Gooday, J. M. Bernhard, S. Bowser, C. Vetriani, C. O. Wirsen, L. Mullineaux, R. Sherrell, J. F. Grassle, S. Low, R. A. Lutz. 2009. Paleodictyon nodosum, a Living Fossil on the Deep Sea Floor. Deep-Sea Research II. 56:1700-1712.

Reed, A.J., R.Dorn, R.A. Lutz, C. Vetriani. 2009. Phylogenetic diversity of methanogenic, sulfate-reducing and methanotrophic prokaryotes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Deep-Sea Research II, 56:1665-1674.

Nees, H.A., R.A. Lutz, T.M. Shank, G.W. Luther, III 2009. Pre- annd post-eruption diffuse flow variability among tubeworm habitats at 9°50’ N on the East Pacific Rise. Deep-Sea Research II, 56:1607-1615.

Andrianasolo, E.,L. Haramaty, R. Rosario-Passapera, K. Bidle, E. White. C. Vetriani, P. Falkowski, R.A. Lutz. 2009. Ammonificin A and B, hydroxyethylamine chroman derivatives from a cultured marine hydrothermal vent bacterium, Thermovibrio ammonificans Journal of Natural Products, 72:1216-1219.

Crespo-Medina, M., A. Chatzieftimiou, R. Cruz-Matos, I. Perez-Rodriguez, T. Barkay, R. A. Lutz, V. Starovoytov, C. Vetriani. 2009. Salinisphaera hydrothermalis sp. Nov. a mesphilic, halotolerant, facultative autotrophic, thiosulfate oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 59:1497-1503.

Lutz, R.A., T. Shank, G. Luther III, C. Vetriani, M. Tolstoy, D. Nuzzio, T. Moore, F. Waldhauser, M. Crespo-Medina, A. Chatziefthimou, E. Annis, A. Reed. 2008. Interrelationships between vent fluid chemistry, temperature, seismic activity and biological community structure at a mussel-dominated deep-sea hydrothermal vent along the East Pacific Rise. Journal of Shellfish Research, 27(1):177-190.

Nees, H.A., T.,S. Moore, K.M. Mullaugh, R.R. Holyoke, C.P. Jansen, S. Ma, E. Metzger, T.J. Waite, M. Yucel, R.A. Lutz, T.M. Shank, C. Vetriani, D.B. Nuzzio, G.W. Luther, III. 2008. Hydrothetmal vent mussel habitat chemistry, pre- and post-eruption at 9 50’ North on the East Pacific Rise. Journal of Shellfish Research, 27(1):169-175.

Andrianasolo, Eric, L. Haramaty, A. Vardi, E. White, R. Lutz, P. Falkowski. 2008. Apoptosis inducing galactolipids from a cultured marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Journal of Natural Products, 71:1197-1201.

Lutz, R.A., and D. K. Coykendall. 2008. (Guest Editors) Life in Extreme Environments: A Tribute to Melbourne Carriker, Gentleman Malacologist. Journal of Shellfish Research, Vol. 27, 246pp.

Lutz, R.A. 2008. Life in Extreme Environments: A Tribute to Melbourne Carriker, Gentlemen Malacologist. Journal of Shellfish Research, 27(1):13.

Andrianasolo, E.H., Haramaty, L., Degenhardt, K., Mathew, R., White, E., Lutz, R., and Falkowski, P., 2007. Induction of apoptosis by diterpenes from the soft coral, Xenia elongata. Journal of Natural Products, 70:1551-1557.

Chatziefthimiou, A.D., Crespo-Medina, M., Wang, Y., Vetriani, C., and Barkay, T. (2007). The isolation and initial characterization of mercury resistant chemolithotrophic and thermophilic bacteria from mercury rich geothermal springs. Extremophiles 11:469-479.

Jones, W.J., Y.J. Won, P.A.Y. Maas. P.J. Smith. R.A. Lutz and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2006. Evolution of habitat use by deep-sea mussels. Marine Biology 148: 841-851.

Lutz, R.A., A.G. Collins, E.R. Annis, A.J. Reed, K. Bennett, K.M. Halanych, R.C. Vrijenhoek, 2006. Stauromedusan populations inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the southern East Pacific Rise. Cah. Biol. Mar., 47:409-413.

Reed, A.J., Lutz, R.A., and Vetriani, C. (2006). Vertical Distribution and Diversity of Bacteria and Archaea in Sulfide and Methane-Rich Cold Seep Sediments Located at the Base of the Florida Escarpment. Extremophiles 10:199-211.

Vetriani, C., Y.S. Chew, S.M. Miller, J. Yagi, J. Coombs, R.A. Lutz, T. Barkay. 2005. Mercury adaptation among bacteria from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 71(1):220-226.

Lutz, R.A. 2004. Exploring volcanoes of the deep sea. Asian Geographic Magazine, 25(3):26-35.

Won, Y-J, C.R. Young, R.A. Lutz, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2003. Dispersal barriers and isolation among deep-sea mussel populations (Mytilidae: Bathymodiolus) from eastern Pacific hydrothermal vents. Molecular Ecology, 12:169-184.

Lutz, R.A., 2003. Dawn in the Deep. National Geographic Magazine, 203(2):92-103.

Hurtado, L.A. , M. Mateos, R.A. Lutz, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2003. Coupling of bacterial endosymbiont and host mitochondrial genomes in the hydrothermal vent clam C. magnifica. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 69(4):2058-2064.

Vetriani, C., M.D. Speck, S.V Ellor, R.A. Lutz, V. Starovoytov. 2003. Thermovibrio ammoniificans sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithotrophic, nitrate ammonifying baceterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. IJSEM, 54:175-181.

Lutz, R.A., T. Shank, P. Rona, A. Reed, W. Lange, S. Low, E. Kristof. 2002. Recent advances in imaging deep-sea hydrothermal vents . Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 43:267-269.

Chevaldonne, P., D. Jollivet, D. Desbruyeres, R.A. Lutz, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2002. Sister-species of eastern Pacific hydrothermal-vent worms (Ampharetidae, Alvinellidae, Vestimentifera) provide new mitochondrial COI clock calibration. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 43:367-370.

Hurtado, L.A. , M. Mateos, R.A. Lutz, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2002. Molecular evidence for multiple species of Oasisia (Annelida: Siboglinidae) at eastern Pacific hydrothermal vents. Cahiers de Biology Marine, 43:377-380.

Kolber, Z.S., Plumley, F.G., Lang, A.S., Beatty. J.T., Blankenship, R.E., VanDover, C.L., Vetriani, C., Koblizek, M., Rathgeber, C., and Falkowski, P.G. (2001) Contribution of aerobic photoheterotrophic bacteria to the carbon cycle in the ocean. Science 292:2492-2495.

Reynolds, G.T. and R.A. Lutz. 2001. Sources of light in the deep ocean. Rev. of Geophysics, 39(1):123-136..

Lutz, R.A., 2001. "Ridges: Hydrothermal Vents - Biota", In : Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Edited by J. Steele, S. Thorpe, K. Turekian, Academic Press, Ltd. London , p. 1217-1227.

Lutz, R.A., T.M. Shank, R. Evans. 2001. Life after death in the deep sea. American Scientist 89(5):422-431.

Luther, G.W., T.F. Rozan, M. Taillefert, D.B. Nuzzio, C. DiMeo, T.M. Shank, R.A. Lutz, S.C. Cary. 2001. Chemical speciation drives hydrothermal vent ecology. Nature 410:813-816.

Peek, A.S., B.S. Gaut, R.A. Feldman, J.P. Barry, R.E. Kochevar, R.A. Lutz and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2000. Neutral and nonneutral mitochondrial genetic variation in deep sea clams from the family Vesicomyidae. J. Molecular Evolution, 50:141-153.

Gebruk, A.V., P. Chevaldonne, T. Shank, R.A. Lutz, and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 2000. Deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities of the Logatchev area (14°45'N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge): diverse biotopes and high biomass. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. ( U.K. ), 80:383-393.

Lutz, R.A., 2000. Deep-sea vents: Science at the Extreme. National Geographic Magazine, 198(4):116-127.

Shank, T.M., K.M. Halanych, M.B. Black, R.A. Lutz, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1999. Miocene radiation of deep-sea hydrothermal vent shrimp (Caridea: Bresiliidae): evidence from mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 12:244-254.

Maas , P.A.Y., G.D. O'Mullan, R.A. Lutz, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1999. Genetic and morphometric characterization of mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from Mid-Atlantic hydrothermal vents. Biological Bulletin, 196:265-272.

Kennish, M.J. and R.A. Lutz. 1999. Calcium carbonate dissolution rates in deep-sea bivalve shells on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N: Results of an 8-year in-situ experiment. Palaeo. 154:293-299.

Kennish, M. J. and R. A. Lutz. 1999. Calcium carbonate dissolution rates on the East Pacific Rise at 21N: results of an 8-year in-situ experiment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology, 154:293-29

Sun, M. C., Tolliday, N., Vetriani, C., Robb, F. T., Clark , D. S. 1999, Pressure-induced thermostabilization of glutamate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus, Protein Science 8: 1056-1063.

Vetriani, C., Jannasch, H. W., MaxGregor, B. J., Stahl, D. A., Reysenbach, A. 1999, Population Structure and Phylogenetic Characterization of Marine Benthic Archaea in Deep-Sea Sediments, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65: 4375-4384.

Suess, E., G. Bohrmann, R. von Huene, P. Linke, K. Wallmann, S. Lammers, H. Sahling, G. Winckler, R. Lutz, D. Orange. 1998. Fluid venting in the eastern Aleutian subduction zone. J. Geophysical Res., 103:2597-2614.

Shank, T.M., R.A. Lutz, and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1998. Molecular systematics of shrimp (Decapoda: Bresiliidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, I: Enigamatic "small orange" shrimp from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are juvenile Rimicaris exoculata . Mol. Mar. Biol. Biotech, 792:88-96.

Peek, A.S., R.A. Feldman, R.A. Lutz, and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1998. Cospeciation of chemoautotrophic bacteria and deep-sea clams. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. ( USA ), 95:9962-9966.

Kennish, M.J., A.S.Tan, R.A. Lutz. 1998. Deep-sea vesicomyid clams from hydrothermal vent and cold seep environments: analysis of shell microstructure. Veliger 41(2):195-200.

Kennish, M.J., A.S. Tan, R.A. Lutz. 1998. Shell microstructure of mytilids (Bivalvia) from deep-sea hydrothermal vent and cold-water sulfide/methane seep environments. Nautilus 112(3):84-89.

Lutz, R.A., D. Desbruyeres, T.M. Shank, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1998. A deep-sea hydrothermal vent community dominated by Stauromedusae. Deep-Sea Research, II. 45(1-3):329-334.

Black, M.D., A. Trivedi, , P. Maas, R.A. Lutz and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1998. Population genetics and biogeography of vestimentiferan tube worms. Deep-Sea Research, II. 45(1-3):365-382.

Shank, T. M., D.J. Fornari, K.L. Von Damm, M.D. Lilley, R.M. Haymon, R.A. Lutz. 1998. Temporal and spatial patterns of biological community development at nascent deep-sea hydrothermal vents (9°50'N, East Pacific Rise). Deep-Sea Research, II. 45(1-3):465-515.

Kennish, M.J., and R.A. Lutz. 1998. Morphology and distribution of lava flows on mid-ocean ridges: a review. Earth-Science Reviews, 43:63-90.

Gustafson, R.G., R.D. Turner, R.A. Lutz, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1998. A new genus and five species of mussels (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from deep-sea sulfide/hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico . Malacologia 40(1):63-112.

Hoeh, W.R., M.B. Black, R. Gustafson, A.E. Bogan, R.A. Lutz, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1998. Testing alternative hypotheses of Neotrigonia (Bivalvia: Trigonioida) relationships using Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit I DNA sequences. Malacologia, 40(1):267-278.

Fornari, D.J., T.M. Shank, K.L. Von Damm, T.K.P. Gregg, M.D. Lilley, G. Levai, A. Bray, R. Haymon, M. Perfit, R.A. Lutz. 1998. Time series temperature measurements at high temperature hydrothermal vents, East Pacific Rise 9°49-51'N: Monitoring a crustal cracking event. Geophysical Research Letters: 160:419-431.

Chevaldonné, P. D. Jollivet, R.A. Feldman, D. Desbruyères, R.A. Lutz, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1998. Commensal scale-worms of the genus Brachipolynoe (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seep. Cah. Biol. Mar. 39:347-350

Vrijenhoek, R.C., T. Shank and R.A. Lutz. 1998. Gene flow and dispersal in deep sea hydrothermal vent animals. Cah. Biol. Mar. 39:363-366..

Halanych, K.M., R.A. Lutz, R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1998. Evolutionary origins and age of vestimentiferan tube worms. Cah. Biol. Mar 39:355-358.

Vetriani, C., Maeder, D. L., Tolliday, N., Yip, K., Stillman, T. J., Britton, L. K., Rice, D. W., Klump, H. H., Robb, F. T. 1998. Protein thermostability above 100°C: A key role for ionic interactions, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 95: 12300-12305.

Vetriani, C., Reysenbach, A., Dore, J. 1998. Recovery and phylogenetic analysis of archaeal rRNA sequences from continental shelf sediments, FEMS microbiology Letters 161: 83-88.

Lutz, R., T. Shank, D. Fornari, M.Lilley, K. Von Damm, R. Haymon, D. Desbruyeres. 1994. Rapid rates of colonization and growth of vestimentiferan tube worms at newly-formed hydrothermal vents. Nature, 371:663-664.

Lutz, R.A. and R. M. Haymon. 1994. Rebirth of a deep-sea vent. National Geographic Magazine, 186:114-126.

Lutz, R. and J. Voight. 1994. Close encounter in the deep. Nature, 371:563.

Rona, Peter A. Deep-Sea Geysers of the Atlantic. National Geographic Magazine,182:104-109.

Rona, P.A., G. Klinkhammer, T.A.. Nelsen, J.H. Trefry, and H. Elderfield, 1986, Black smokers, massive sulfides, and vent biota at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Nature, 321:33-37