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 2025

  • Shkolyar, S., Bebout, L., Blank, J. G., Cady, S. L., Cavalazzi, B., Corbin, E., Davila, A. F., Des Marais, D., Fisk, M., Hickman-Lewis, K., Lima-Zaloumis, J., McLoughlin, N., Murphy, A. E., Noffke, N., Perl, S. M., Pohorille, A., Potter-McIntyre, S. L., Rainwater, J. H., & Westall, F. (2025). Structural biosignatures—A category of potential biosignatures in the Life Detection Knowledge Base. Astrobiology, 25(7). https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2024.0105
  • Lima-Zaloumis, J., Cady, S. L., Blank, J. G., Shkolyar, S., Akudoro, V., Awramik, S. M., Cavalazzi, B., Hickman-Lewis, K., Homann, M., Noffke, N., Perl, S. M., Potter-McIntyre, S. L., & Westall, F. (2025). Laminae as potential biosignatures. Astrobiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2025.0012
  • Hickman-Lewis, K., Cuadros, J., Yi, K., Hong, T. E., Byeon, M., Jang, J. H., Choi, M. Y., Seo, Y., Najorka, J., Montgomery, W., Matlak, K., Wolanin, B., Smith, C. L., & Cavalazzi, B. (2025). Aluminous phyllosilicates promote exceptional nanoscale preservation of biogeochemical heterogeneities in Archaean siliciclastic microbial mats. Nature Communications, 16 (1), 2726. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57727-4
  • Franchi, F., Cassaro, A., Cavalazzi, B., Lebogang, L., Tarozzi, A., & Pacelli, C. (2025). Microbial abundance across a salinity and mineralogical transect in the Ntwetwe Pan of Botswana: A terrestrial analogue for playa deposits on Mars. Planetary and Space Science, 255, 106028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2024.106028
  • Cassaro, A., Pacelli, C., Cemmi, A., Di Sarcina, I., Zucconi, L., Cavalazzi, B., Leo, P., Catanzaro, I., & Onofri, S. (2025). The effect of ionizing radiation on hydrated fungal cells: Implications for planetary protection and mars habitability. Icarus, 425, 116339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116339

 2024

  • Dorneles, V. A. C., Hickman-Lewis, K., Roberto, B., Caminiti A. M., & Cavalazzi, B. (2024). Microbe-mineral interactions in the microstromatolitic crusts of the lacustrine chimneys and volcanic bedrock of Lake Abhe, Republic of Djibouti. BOLLETTINO DELLA SOCIETÀ PALEONTOLOGICA ITALIANA, 63, 229-244. https://doi.org/10.4435/BSPI.2024.17
  • Cassaro, A., D'Alò, F., Pacelli, C., Cavalazzi, B., Zucconi, L., & Onofri, S. (2024). A preliminary survey of the cellular responses of the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus to long and short‐term dehydration. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 16(4), e13309. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13309
  • Hickman-Lewis, K., Cavalazzi, B., & Montgomery, W. (2024). Correlative microspectroscopy of biogenic fabrics in Proterozoic silicified stromatolites. GEOCHEMICAL PERSPECTIVES LETTERS, 30, 34-39. https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2419
  • Balcha, E. S., Olsson-Francis, K., Stephens, B., Cavalazzi, B., Woldesemayat, A. A., Gemeda, M. T., & Macey, M. C. (2024). Draft genome sequence of Bacillus sp. strain X and Salarachaeum sp. strain III isolated from Lake Karum, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 13(3), e01260-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01260-23
  • Filippidou, S., Price, A., Spencer-Jones, C., Scale, A., Macey, M., Franchi, F.,  Lebogang, L., Cavalazzi, B., Schwenzer, S., & Olsson-Francis, K. (2024). Diversity of microbial mats in the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana. MICROORGANISMS, 12(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12010147

 

ABSTRACT

2025

  • Martinho de Brito, M., Birarda, G., Maris, A., Martellotti, R., Bellucci, M., Pacelli, C., Pecoraino, G., Pondrelli, M., Zucconi, L., Biddittu, A., & Cavalazzi, B. (2024) Biosignature preservation in hydrothermal microbialites: Insights from O-PTIR spectroscopy. In Paleodays XXV Edition–Catania,(3) 4-6 June 2025 – (Abstract Book in preparation).
  • Martinho de Brito, M., Martellotti, R., & Cavalazzi, B. (2024) Microbialite formation and biosignature preservation in Lake Bagno dell’Acqua (Pantelleria Island, Italy). In 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress 2025 - Abstract Book (pp. 45).
  • Dorneles, V. A. C., Hickman-Lewis, K., Barbieri, R., Caminiti, A. M., & Cavalazzi, B. (2024) Microbial activity preserved in the microstromatolitic crusts of Lake Abhe, Republic of Djibouti: Implications for the microbial fossil record and early Earth environments. In 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress 2025 - Abstract Book (pp. 43).

2024

  • Oromeng, K., Hadush Kashay, T., Franchi, F., & Cavalazzi, B. (2024) Characterizing clay minerals in the Makgadikgadi Pans (Botswana): terrestrial analogue for Mars playa deposits. In EPSC Europlanet Science Congress 2024.
  • Máté, T., Piccialli, A., Adeli, S., Opitz, A., Cavalazzi, B., Lesedi, L., ... & Franchi, F. (2024). Advancing Diversity within the Europlanet Society. In EPSC Europlanet Science Congress 2024.
  • Hickman-Lewis, K., Dorneles, V., Millan, M., & Cavalazzi, B. (2024). Palaeolacustrine environments as windows on microbial biosignature preservation on the Precambrian Earth and Noachian–Hesperian Mars. In Goldschmidt Conference 2024.
  • Dorneles, V. A. C., Hickman-Lewis, K., Barbieri, R., Broderick, C., Caminiti, A. M., Najorka, J., ... & Cavalazzi, B. (2024). Biosignatures from Modern Extreme Terrestrial Lacustrine Deposits–Implications for Astrobiology. In Abstract EANA2024-65.
  • Dorneles, V. A. C., Hickman-Lewis, K., Millan, M., Haileselasie, T. H., Hagos, M., & Cavalazzi, B. (2024). Carbonate–silica interplay: unraveling microbial synergy and fossil preservation in alkaline lacustrine stromatolites. In Paleodays XXIV edition–Pisa,(4) 5-7 June 2024–Abstract Book (pp. 133-133).
  • Westall, F., Bréhéret, J. G., Hickman-Lewis, K., Foucher, F., Campbell, K., Guido, D. M., ... & Cavalazzi, B. (2024). Home sweet home: microbial-scale habitability through the lifetime of a sedimentary basin on the Palaeoarchaean Earth. In 2024 Astrobiology Science Conference, AGU.
  •  Lewis, K. H., Cavalazzi, B., Foucher, F., Whitehouse, M. J., Jeon, H., Montgomery, W., ... & Westall, F. (2024). Exceptional preservation of organic nanodomains containing primary biological materials in Palaeoarchaean microbial mats: new perspectives from correlative micro-and nano-analysis. In 2024 Astrobiology Science Conference. AGU.

 MAGAZINE

2025

  • Cavalazzi, B., Pondrelli, M., Zucconi, L., Pecoraino, G., Maris, A., Lucchi, F., Gasparotto, G., Martellotti, R., Tarozzi, A., Martinho de Brito, M., Biddittu, A., Rouwet, D., Sandri, L., Pisciotta, F., Tamburini, G., Marinangeli, L., Tangari, A.C., Mancini, F., Kopactz, N., Canini, F., Borelli, F., Perri, E., Ahmed, J., Abraham, E.M., Aliyu, A.A., Beyene, Z., Balcha, E., Bi'ha, A.A., Cantonati, M., Fensham, R., Usman, M., Tranne, C.S, Lupi, L., Cassaro, A., Bellucci, M., Pacelli, C. (2025). Habitat estremi per l'esplorazione astrobiologica e infrastrutture per le ricerche planetarie di terreno. Geologicamente, n. 17, pag. 45. Disponibile qui.

 

ALTRE PUBBLICAZIONI:

Cavalazzi, B.

Dorneles, V.A.C.

Martinho de Brito, M.

Martellotti, R.