Peer-review articles

* Supervised and Co-supervised PhD students 

32. Boutrif M*, Garel M, Cottrell MT, Tamburini C (2011) Assimilation of marine extracellular polymeric substances by deep-sea prokaryotes in the NW Mediterranean Sea. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 3: 705-709.  Abstract, Full text (pdf format)

31. van Haren et al. (2011) Acoustic and optical variations during rapid downward motion episodes in the deep north-western Mediterranean Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I 58: 875-884.  

30. Aguilar et al. (2011) A fast algorithm for muon track reconstruction and its application to the ANTARES neutrino telescope. Astropart. Phys. 34: 652-662.

29. Aguilar et al. (2011) Search for a diffuse flux of high-energy nu(mu) with the ANTARES neutrino telescope. Physics Letters B 696: 16-22.

28. Aguilar, J.A., Al Samarai, I., Albert, A., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G., Anvar, S. et al. (2011) AMADEUS-The acoustic neutrino detection test system of the ANTARES deep-sea neutrino telescope. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A 626: 128-143.

27. The MERMEX group : Durrieu de Madron X, Guieu C, Sempéré R, Conan P, Cossa D, D'Ortenzio F, Estournel C, Gazeau F, Rabouille C, Stemmann L, Bonnet S, Diaz F, Koubbi P, Radakovitch O, Babin M, Baklouti M, Bancon-Montigny C, Belviso S, Bensoussan N, Bonsang B, Bouloubassi I, Brunet C, Cadiou JF, Carlotti F, Chami M, Charmasson S, Charrière B, Dachs J, Doxaran D, Dutay JC, Elbaz-Poulichet F, Eléaume M, Eyrolles F, Fernandez C, Fowler S, Francour P, Gaertner JC, Galzin R, Gasparini S, Ghiglione JF, Gonzalez JL, Goyet C, Guidi L, Guizien K, Heimbürger LE, Jacquet SHM, Jeffrey WH, Joux F, Le Hir P, Leblanc K, Lefèvre D, Lejeusne C, Lemé R, Loÿe-Pilot MD, Mallet M, Méjanelle L, Mélin F, Mellon C, Mérigot B, Merle PL, Migon C, Miller WL, Mortier L, Mostajir B, Mousseau L, Moutin T, Para J, Pérez T, Petrenko A, Poggiale JC, Prieur L, Pujo-Pay M, Pulido V, Raimbault P, Rees AP, Ridame C, Rontani JF, Ruiz Pino D, Sicre MA, Taillandier V, Tamburini C, Tanaka T, Taupier-Letage I, Tedetti M, Testor P, Thébault H, Thouvenin B, Touratier F, Tronczynski J, Ulses C, Van Wambeke F, Vantrepotte V, Vaz S, Verney R Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean. Progress In Oceanography 91: 97-166

26. Khelaifia S., Fardeau M.-L., Pradel N., Aussignargues C., Garel M., Tamburini C., Cayol J.-L., Gaudron S., Gaill F., Ollivier B. (2011). Desulfovibrio piezophilus, sp. nov., a novel piezophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from wood falls in Mediterranean Sea. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology: 61 (Pt 11): 2706-2711 Abstract.

25. Aguilar JA et al., ANTARES collaboration (2011). Time calibration of the ANTARES neutrino telescope. Astroparticle Physics 34:539-549

24. Grossi V, Yakimov MM, Al Ali* B, Tapilatu Y, Cuny P, Goutx M, La Cono V, Giuliano L, Tamburini C (2010) Hydrostatic pressure affects membrane and storage lipid compositions of the piezotolerant hydrocarbon-degrading Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus strain #5. Environmental Microbiology, 12: 2020-2033. Abstract, Full text (pdf format), [Journal home page]

23. Nagata T., Tamburini C., Arístegui J., Baltar F., Bochdansky A., Fonda-Umani S., Fukuda H., Gogou A., Hansell D.A., Hansman R.L., Herndl G., Panagiotopoulos C., Reinthaler T., Sohrin R., Perdugo P., Yamada N., Yamashita Y., Yokokawa T., Bartlett D.H. (2010) Emerging concepts on microbial processes in the bathypelagic ocean – ecology, biogeochemistry and genomics. Deep Sea Research II, 57: 1519-1536. Abstract.  [Journal home page]

22. Robinson C., Steinberg D.K., Anderson T.R., Arístegui J., Carlson C.A., Frost JR, Ghiglione J.-F. Hernández-León S., Jackson G.A., Koppelmann R., Quéguiner B., Ragueneau O., Rassoulzadegan F., Robison B.H., Tamburini C., Tanaka T, Wishner K.F., Zhang J. (2010) Mesopelagic ecology and biogeochemistry – a synthesis. Deep Sea Research II, 57: 1504-1518.  [Journal home page]

21. Burd A.B., Hansell D.A., Steinberg D.K., Anderson T.R., Aristegui J., Baltar F., Beaupré S.R., Buesseler K.O., DeHairs F., Jackson S.K., Kadko D.C., Koppelmann R., Lampitt R.S., Nagata T., Reinthaler T., Robinson C., Robison B.H., Tamburini C., Tanaka T. (2009) Assessing the Apparent Imbalance Between Geochemical and Biochemical Indicators of Meso- and Bathypelagic Biological Activity: What the @$#! is wrong with present calculations of carbon budgets? Deep Sea Research II, 57: 1557-16571. [Journal home page]

20. Al Ali* B., Garel M., Cuny P., Miquel J.-C., Toubal T., Robert* A., Tamburini C., 2010. Luminous bacteria in the deep-sea waters near the ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope (Mediterranean Sea). Chemistry and Ecology 26 (1), 57-72. Abstract. [Journal home page]

19. Tamburini C., Garel M., Al Ali* B., Mérigot B., Kriwy P., Charrière B. and Budillon G. (2009a). Distribution and activity of Bacteria and Archaea in the different water masses of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Deep Sea Res II 56 (11-12): 700-712. Abstract. [Journal home page]

18. Aguilar J.A. et al., ANTARES collaboration (2010). Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux with a 4 GeV threshold in the ANTARES neutrino telescope. Astroparticle Physics 33 (2), 86-90.

17. Tamburini C., Goutx M., Guigue C., Garel M., Lefèvre D., Charrière B., Sempéré R., Pepa S., Peterson M. L., Wakeham S., Lee C. (2009b). Effects of hydrostatic pressure on microbial alteration of sinking fecal pellets. Deep-Sea Research II 56 (18): 1533-1546. Abstract.  [Journal home page]

16. La Cono V., Tamburini C., Denaro R., Giuliano L., Yakimov M.M. (2009). Cultivation-independent assessment of the bathypelagic archaeal diversity of Tyrrhenian Sea: comparative study of rDNA and rRNA-derived libraries and influence of sample decompression. Deep-Sea Research II 56 (11-12), 768-773.  Abstract. [Journal home page]

15. Lee C., Armstrong R.A., Cochran J. K., Engel A., Fowler S., Goutx M., Masqué P., Miquel J.C., Peterson M., Tamburini C. and Wakeham S. (2009). MedFlux: Investigations of particle flux in the Twilight Zone. Deep-Sea Research II 56 (18): 1363-1368. Abstract. [Journal home page]

14. Moriceau B., Goutx M., Guigue C., Lee C., Amstrong R., Duflos M., Tamburini C., Charrière B., Ragueneau O. (2009). Si-C interactions during degradation of the diatom Skeletonema marinoi. Deep-Sea Research II 56 (18): 1381-1395.  Abstract. [Journal home page]

13. Ageron et al., ANTARES collaboration (2009) Performance of the first ANTARES detector line. Astroparticle Physics 31: 277-283  

12. Danovaro R., Dell’Anno A., Corinaldesi C., Magagnini M., Noble R., Tamburini C., Weinbauer M. (2008). Major viral impact on the functioning of benthic deep-sea ecosystems. Nature, 454 (7208): 1084-1087. Abstract. [Journal home page]  

11. Ageron et al., ANTARES collaboration (2007). The ANTARES Optical Beacon System. Astrophysics. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 578: 498-509, arXiv:astro-ph/0703355v1.  

10. Aguilar et al., ANTARES collaboration (2007). The data acquisition system for the ANTARES neutrino telescope. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A 570: 107-116. 

9. Tamburini C., Garcin J., Grégori G., Leblanc K., Rimmelin P., Kirchman D.L. (2006). Pressure effects on surface Mediterranean prokaryotes and biogenic silica dissolution during a diatom sinking experiment. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 43(3): 267-276. Abstract. Full text in pdf format . [Journal home page]  

8. Aguilar et al. - ANTARES collaboration (2006) First results of the Instrumentation Line for the deep-sea ANTARES neutrino telescope. Astroparticle Physics 26:314-324. Abstract

7. Tamburini C. (2006). Life under pressure. Deep-sea microbial ecology. In: Life as we know it. Series: Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol. 10. J. Seckbach Ed. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: 650 pp.   

6. Daffonchio D., Borin S., Brusa T., Brusetti L., van der Wielen P.W.J.J., Bolhuis H., Dauria G., Yakimov M.M., Giuliano L., Marty D., Tamburini C., McGenity T.J., Hallsworth J.E., Sass A.M., Timmis K.N., Tselepides A., de Lange G.J., Hubner A., Thomson J., Varnavas S.P., Gasparoni F., Gerber H.W., Malinverno E., Corselli C. & Biodeep Scientific Party (2006). Stratified prokaryote network in the oxic-anoxic transition of a deep sea halocline.  Nature, 440 (7081): 203-207. Abstract. [Journal home page]

5. Van Der Wielen, P.W.J.J., Bolhuis, H., Borin, S., Daffonchio, D., Corselli, C., Giuliano, L., D'auria, G., De Lange, G.J., Huebner, A., Varnavas, S.P., Thomson, J., Tamburini, C., Marty, D., Mcgenity, T.J., Timmis, K.N. and Biodeep Scientific Party (2005). The Enigma of Prokaryotic Life in Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins. Science, 307: 121-123. Get the Full text article or the Abstract. [Journal home page]

4. Tamburini C. & Tedetti M. (2004). A simple and highly reproducible technique to measure the bacterial respiration of ¹⁴C-labeled compounds in seawater samples. Hydrobiologia (523): 1-7. Abstract. [Journal home page]

3. Tamburini C., Garcin J. & Bianchi A. (2003). Role of deep-sea bacteria in organic matter mineralization and adaptation to hydrostatic pressure conditions in the NW Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 32 (3): 209-218. Abstract. [Journal home page]

2. Tamburini C., Garcin J., Ragot M., Bianchi A. (2002). Biopolymer hydrolysis and bacterial production under ambient hydrostatic pressure through a 2000 m water column in the NW Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research II, 49 (11): 2109-2123. Abstract [Full text (pdf)] [Journal home page] 

1. Bonin P., Tamburini C., Michotey V. (2001). Determination of the bacterial processes which are sources of nitrous oxide production in marine samples. Water Research 36 (3): 722-732. Abstract [Full text (pdf)] [Journal home page]

Book chapter  

3. Bertin V., Brunner J., Carr J., Curtil C., Destelle J.-J., Deschamps A., Escoffier S., Graf K., Höß, J., Lahmann R., Lefèvre D., Tamburini C., Schuller J.-P., van Haren H., in press. ANTARES Neutrino Telescope. In: Favali, P. (Ed.), Seafloor Observatories. Springer-Praxis Geophysical Sciences publishing.

2. Tamburini C. (2006). Life under pressure. Deep-sea microbial ecology. In: Life as we know it. Series: Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol. 10. J. Seckbach Ed. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: 650 pp.

1. Giuliano L., Tamburini C., Tursi A. & Corselli C. (2003). Deep-sea bacteria: the Mediterranean sea as a model environment. In Mare Incognitum? Exploring Mediterranean deep-sea biology. CIESM Workshop Monographs n°23, 128 pages, CIESM Edition, Monaco: pp 61-66. www.ciesm.org/publications/Heraklion03.pdf

Other publications

2. Tamburini C. & POTES Team. POTES - Pressure effects On marine prokaryoTES, an IMBER endorsed project. IMBER Science Highlight, IMBER Update Issue n°10, June 2008. http://www.imber.info/NL_July_08/IMBER_Update_10.html 

 1. Tamburini C., Bartlett D.H., Colwell R.R., Deming J.W., Kato C., Patching J.W., Turley C.M. Accurately measuring deep-sea microbial activities and their impacts on biogeochemical cycles. IMBER Science Highlight, IMBER Update Issue n°9, February 2008. http://www.imber.info/NL_Feb08/IMBER_Update_09.html  

Thesis 

Tamburini C. (2002). La dégradation du matériel organique profond par les microflores profondes : de la mesure des vitesses potentielles au flux de CO₂ généré in situ, Thèse de l'Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France : 218 pp. Abstract [Full text (web page)]