Publications Magnus Ivarsson

2023

Ivarsson, M., 2023. Traces of Life in Basaltic Crust. In: Gargaud M. et al. (eds) Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_5522-1

Qu, Y., Yin, Z., Kustatscher, E., Nützel, A., Peckmann, J., Vajda, V., and Ivarsson, M. 2023. Traces of Ancient Life in Oceanic Basalt Preserved as Iron-Mineralized Ultrastructures: Implications for Detecting Extraterrestrial Biosignatures. Astrobiology 23: 8. DOI: 10.1089/ast.2022.0075

Schmid-Beurmann, H.A., Wolf-Achim, K., Bach, W., Ivarsson, M., Böttcher, M.E., Peckmann, J. 2023. Dispersal of endolithic microorganisms in vesicular volcanic rock: Distribution, settlement, and pathways revealed by 3D X-ray microscopy. Terra Nova, DOI: 10.1111/ter.12663.

2022

Dekov, V.M., Kyono, K., Yasukawa, K., Guéguen, B., Ivarsson, M., Kamenov, G.D., Yamanaka, T., Asael, D., Ishida, M., Cavalcante, L.L., Kato, Y., Toki, T., Ishibashi, J.-I. 2022. Mineralogy, geochemistry and microbiology insights into precipitation of stibnite and orpiment at the Daiyon-Yonaguni Knoll (Okinawa Trough) hydrothermal barite deposits. Chemical Geology, 610, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121092

Ivarsson, M., 2022. Traces of Life in Basaltic Crust. In: Gargaud M. et al. (eds) Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_5522-1

Lima-Zaloumis, J., Neubeck, A., Ivarsson, M., Bose, M., Greenberger, R., Templeton, A.S., Czaja, A.D., Kelemen, P.B., Edvinsson, T. 2022. Microbial biosignature preservation in carbonated serpentine from the Samail Ophiolite, Oman. Nature Communications Earth & Environment 3, 231, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00551-1

Vajda, V., Cavalcante, L., Palmgren, K., Krüger, A., Ivarsson, M. 2022. Prototaxites reinterpreted as mega-rhizomorphs, facilitating nutrient transport in early terrestrial ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 00: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2021-0358

2021

Drake, H. & Ivarsson, M. 2021. Fossil svamp i Siljansringens meteoritkrater. Geologiskt Forum 110: 18-21.

Drake, H., Ivarsson, M., Heim, C., Snoeyenbos-West, O., Bengtson, S., Belivanova, V., Whitehouse, M. 2021. Fossilized anaerobic and possibly methanogenesis-fueling fungi identified deep within the Siljan impact structure. Communications Earth & Environment, DOI: 10.1038/s43247-021-00107-9

Drake, H., Roberts, N. M. W., Reinhardt, M., Whitehouse, M., Ivarsson, M., Karlsson. A., Kooijman, E. & Kielman-Schmitt, M. 2021. Biosignatures of ancient microbial life are present across the igneous crust of the Fennoscandian shield. Communications Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00170-2

Ivarsson, M., Drake, M., Neubeck, A., Snoeyenbos-West, O., Belivanova, V., Bengtson, S. 2021. Introducing Paleolithobiology. GFF, DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2021.1895302

Ivarsson, M., Palmgren, K., Lundberg, J., Scheuerer, M. 2021. Underjordisk svamp i Falu koppargruva. Svensk Mykologisk Tidskrift, 42 (2): 2-10.

Little, C.T.S., Johannessen, K.C., Bengtson, S., Chan, C.S., Ivarsson, M., Slack, J.F., Broman, C., Thorseth, I.H., Grenne, T., Rouxel, O.J., Bekker, A. 2021. A late Paleoproterozoic (1.74 Ga) deep-sea, low-temperature, iron-oxidizing microbial hydrothermal vent community from Arizona, USA. Geobiology, DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12434.

McMahon, S., Ivarsson, M., Wacey, D., Saunders, M., Belivanova, V., Muirhead, D., Knoll, P., Steinbock, O., Frost, D.A. 2021. Dubiofossils from a Mars-analogue subsurface palaeoenvironment: the limits of biogenicity criteria. Geobiology. DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12445.

Neubeck, A., Boosman, A., Hosgörmez, H., Özcan, D., Boskabadi, A., Ivarsson, M., Rouxel, O. 2021. δ60Ni and δ13C composition of serpentinites and carbonates of the Tekirova ophiolite, Turkey, and Meatiq ophiolite, Egypt. Frontiers in Earth Science, section Geochemistry, doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.651967

Neubeck, A., Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Lima-Zaloumis, J., Bach, W., Whitehouse, M. 2021. Carbon isotopic composition of Frutexites in subseafloor ultramafic rocks. Biogeochemistry, doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00806-7.

Tulej, M., Lukmanov, R., Grimaudo, V., Riedo, A., Cedeño López, A., de Koning, C., Ligterink, N.F.W., Neubeck, A., Ivarsson, M., Wurz, P., 2021. Determination of the microscopic mineralogy of inclusion in an amygdaloidal pillow basalt by LIMS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00390E

2020

Drake, H., Ivarsson, M., Heim, C., 2020. Tracking the deep biosphere through time. Geosciences, 10, 461. doi:10.3390/geosciences10110461.

Ivarsson, M., Drake, H., Bengtson, S., & Rasmussen, S. 2020. A cryptic alternative for the evolution of hyphae. Bioessays, 42, DOI: 10.1002/bies.201900183

Ivarsson, M., Drake, H., Neubeck, A., Sallstedt, T., Bengtson, S., Roberts, N.M.W & Rasmussen, B. 2020. The fossil record of igneous rock. Earth Science Reviews, 210, 103342.

Kilias, S.P., Ivarsson, M., Chi Fru, E., Rattray, J.E., Gustafsson, H.L., Naden, J., & Detsi, K. 2020. Precipitation of Mn oxides in quaternary microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS), Cape Vani paleo-hydrothermal vent field, Milos, Greece. Minerals, 10, 536; doi:10.3390/min10060536

Neubeck, A., Broman, C., Ivarsson, M., Holm, N.G., Whitehouse, M., Nilsson, S., Geppert, W., Gervilla, F., 2020. Isotopic signatures of carbon in the “Los Pobres” graphite mine, Ronda, Spain. Journal of Petrology, 61(4), egaa042. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egaa042

Tulej, M., Neubeck, A., Riedo, A., Lukmanov, R., Grimaudo, V., Ligterink, N.F.W., Ivarsson, M., Bach, W., de Koning, C., Wurz, P. 2020. Isotope abundance ratio measurements using femtosecond laser ablation ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Mass Spectrometry 55: e4660. DOI: 10.1002/jms.4660

2019

Carlsson, D.-T., Ivarsson, M., Neubeck, A., 2019. Fossilized endolithic microorganisms in pillow lavas from the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus. Geosciences, 9, 456; doi:10.3390/geosciences9110456

Drake, H., Roberts, N., Heim, C., Whitehouse, M., Siljeström, S., Kooijman, E., Broman, C., Ivarsson, M., Åström, M., 2019. Timing and origin of natural gas accumulation in the Siljan impact structure, Sweden. Nature Communications, 10:4736, doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12728-y

Ivarsson, M., Sallstedt, T. &  Carlsson, D.-T. 2019. Morphological biosignatures in volcanic rocks - applications for life detection on Mars. Frontiers in Earth Science, section Microbiological Chemistry and Geomicrobiology, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00091

Ivarsson, M., Kilias, S.P., Broman, C., Neubeck, A., Drake, H., Chi Fru, E., Bengtson, S., Naden, J., Detsi, K., Whitehouse, M.J., 2019. Exceptional preservation of fungi as H2-bearing fluid inclusions in an early Quaternary paleo-hydrothermal system at Cape Vani, Milos, Greece. Minerals, 9: 749, doi:10.3390/min9120749

Jackson, M. D., Couper, S., Stan, C. V., Ivarsson, M., Czabaj, M. W., Tamura, N., Parkinson, D., Miyagi, L. M., Moore, J.G. 2019. Authigenic mineral textures in submarine 1979 basalt drill core, Surtsey volcano, Iceland. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20, 3751–3773. doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008304

McMahon, S. & Ivarsson, M. 2019. A new frontier for palaeobiology: Earth's vast deep biosphere. Bioessays, 41, DOI: 10.1002/bies.201900052

Onstott, T. C., Ehlmann, B. L., Sapers, H., Coleman, M., Ivarsson, M., Marlow, J. J., Neubeck, A., Niles, P. 2019. Paleo-rock-hosted life on Earth and the search on Mars: a review and strategy for exploration. Astrobiology, 19, DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1960

Sallstedt, T., Ivarsson, M., Drake, H., Skogby, H. 2019. Instant attraction: clay authigenesis in fossil fungal biofilms. Geosciences, 9, 369; doi:10.3390/geosciences9090369

Tillberg, M., Ivarsson, M., Drake, H., Whitehouse, M., Kooijman, E., Schmitt M. 2019. Re-evaluating the age of deep biosphere fossils in the Lockne impact structure. Geosciences, 9, 202; doi:10.3390/geosciences9050202

2018

Chi Fru, E., Kilias, S., Ivarsson, M., Rattray, J.E., Gkika, K., McDonald, I., He, Q., Broman, C., 2018. Sedimentary mechanisms of a modern banded iron formation on Milos Island, Greece. Solid Earth, 9: 573–598.

Chi Fru, E., Callac, N., Posth, N.R., Argyaki, A., Ling, Y.-C., Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Kilias, S.P. 2018. Arsenic and high affinity phosphate uptake gene distribution in shallow submarine hydrothermal sediments. Biogeosciences, doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0500-8.

Drake, H., Ivarsson, M.,  2018. The role of anaerobic fungi in fundamental biogeochemical cycles in the deep biosphere. Fungal Biology Reviews, 32: 20-25. Journal website

Drake, H., Ivarsson, M., Tillberg, M., Whitehouse, M., Kooijman, E., 2018. Ancient microbial activity in deep hydraulically conductive fracture zones within the Forsmark target area for deep geological nuclear waste disposal, Sweden. Geosciences, 8, 211, doi:10.3390/geosciences8060211.

Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S., Drake, H., & Francis, W. , 2018. Fungi in deep subsurface environments. In: Gadd, G. Advances in Applied Microbiology, 102: 83-116, doi.org/10.1016/bs.aambs.2017.11.001

Ivarsson, M., Skogby, H, Phichaikamjornwut, B., Bengtson, S., Siljeström, S., Ounchanum, P., Boonsong, A., Kruachanta, M., Marone, F., Belivanova, V., Holmström, S., 2018. Intricate tunnels in garnets from soils and river sediments in Thailand – possible endolithic microborings. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0200351. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200351.

Wiesendanger, R., Grimaudo, V., Moreno, P., Cedeῆo López, A., Riedo, A., Tulej, M., Neubeck, A., Ivarsson, M., Wacey, D. & Wurz, P. 2018. Chemical and optical identification of micrometer sized 1.9 Ga old fossils with a miniature LIMS system combined with an optical microscope. Astrobiology, doi.org/10.1089/ast.2017.1780.

2017

Bengtson, S., Rasmussen, B., Ivarsson, M., Muhling, J., Broman, C., Marone, F., Stampanoni, M., and Bekker, A., 2017. Fungus-like mycelial fossils in 2.4 billion-year-old vesicular basalt. Nature Ecology & Evolution, online: 6 pp http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1038/s41559-017-0141

Callac, N., Posth, N., Rattray, J., Yamoah, K., Wiech, A., Ivarsson, M., Hemmingsson, C., Kilias, S., Argyraki, A., Broman, C., Skogby, H., Smittenberg, R. and Chi Fru, E., 2017. Modes of carbon fixation in an arsenic and CO2-rich shallow hydrothermal ecosystem. Nature Scientific Reports. Journal website

Drake, H., Heim, C. Roberts, N.M.W., Zack, T., Tillberg, M., Broman, C., Ivarsson, M., Whitehouse, J. M., Åström, M. E. 2017. Isotopic evidence for microbial production and consumption of methane in the upper continental crust throughout the Phanerozoic eon. EPSL 470: 108-118.

Drake, H., Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S., Heim, C., Siljeström, S., Whitehouse, M., Broman, C., Belivanova, V., Åström, M. E. 2017. Anaerobic consortia of fungi and sulfate reducing bacteria in deep granite fractures. Nature Communications, 8:55. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00094-6.

Ivarsson, M. och Bengtson, S. 2017. Oceanbottnarnas hemliga liv. Havsutsikt, Vol. 2: 16-18. Journal website

Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S. och Carlsson, D., 2017. Är magmatiska bergarter fossilförande? Geologiskt Forum, no 94: 20-23.

Ivarsson, M., Bach, W., Broman, C., Neubeck, A., Bengtson, S. 2017. Fossilized life in subseafloor ultramafic rocks. Geomicrobiology Journal 35: 460-467.  doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2017.1370517.

Ivarsson, M., Gustavsson, L., Hedenäs, L., Kronestedt, T., Lundberg, J., Norbäck Ivarsson, L., Sallstedt, T., Scheuerer, M., Thureborn, O. och Wedin, M., 2017. Unikt ekosystem i tunnelbanan vid Kungsträdgården. Fauna och flora: populär tidskrift för biologi, Vol. 112 (1): 2-9.

Neubeck, A., Sun, L., Müller, B., Ivarsson, M., Hosgörmez, H., Özcan, D., Broman, C., Schnürer, A. 2017. Microbial community structure of a serpentine-hosted abiotic gas seepage at the Chimaera ophiolite, Turkey. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, doi:10.1128/AEM.03430-16.

Sjöberg, S., Allard, B., Rattray, J.E., Callac, N., Grawunder, A., Ivarsson, M., Sjöberg, V., Karlsson, S., Skelton, A., Dupraz, C. 2017. Rare Earth element enriched birnessite in water-bearing fractures, the Ytterby mine, Sweden. Applied Geochemistry 78: 158-171.

2016

Ivarsson, M., Schnürer, A., Bengtson, S., Neubeck, A., 2016. Anaerobic fungi: a potential source of biological H2 in the oceanic crust. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:674, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00674.

Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S., Neubeck, A., 2016. The igneous oceanic crust – Earth’s largest fungal habitat? Fungal Ecology 20, 249-255.

Réblová, M., Hubka, V., Thureborn, O., Lundberg, J., Sallstedt, T., Wedin, M., Ivarsson, M. 2016. From the tunnels into the treetops: new lineages of black yeasts from biofilm in the Stockholm metro system and their relatives among ant-associated fungi in the Chaetothyriales. PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0163396.

Sjöqvist, A.S.L., Lindgren, P., Sturkell, E.F.F., Hogmalm, K.J., Broman, C., Ivarsson, M., Lee, M.R., 2016. Shock metamorphism and hydrothermal alteration of mafic impact ejecta from the Lockne impact structure, Sweden. GFF, DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2016.1227361.

Zepeda Mendoza, M.L., Lundberg, J., Ivarsson, M., Campos, P., Nylander, J.A.A., Dalén, L., 2016. Metagenomic analysis from the interior of a speleothem in Tjuv-Ante’s Cave, northern Sweden. PLOS ONE DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0151577.

2015

Jackson, M.D., Gudmundsson, M.T., Bach, W., Cappelletti, P., Coleman, N.J., Ivarsson, M., Jónasson, K., Jørgensen, S.L., Marteinsson, V., McPhie, J., Moore, J.G., Nielson, D., Rhodes, J.M., Rispoli, C., Schiffman, P., Stefánsson, A., Türke, A., Vanorio, T., Weisenberger, T.B., White, J.D.L., Zierenberg, R., Zimanowski, B., 2015. Time-lapse characterization of hydrothermal seawater and microbial interactions with basaltic tephra at Surtsey volcano. Scientific Drilling, 3, 1-8. Doi:10.5194/sd-3-1-2015.

Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S., Skogby, H., Lazor, P., Broman, C., Belivanova, V., Marone, F., 2015. A fungal-prokaryotic consortium at the basalt-zeolite interface in subseafloor igneous crust. PLOS ONE 10(10): e014016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140106.

Neubeck, A., Tulej, M., Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Riedo, A., Wurz, P., Bengtson, S., McMahon, S., in press. Mineralogical determination in situ of a highly heterogenous material using miniaturized laser ablation mass spectrometer with high spatial resolution. International Journal of Astrobiology.

Tulej, M., Neubeck, A., Ivarsson, M., Riedo, A., Neuland, M.B., Meyer, S., Wurz, P., 2015. Chemical composition of micrometer-sized filaments in an aragonite host by a miniature laser ablation/ionization mass spectrometer. Astrobiology 15: 669-682.

Ivarsson, M., Peckmann, J., Tehler, A., Broman, C., Bach, W., Behrens, K., Reitner, J., Böttcher, M.E., Norbäck-Ivarsson, L., 2015. Zygomycetes in vesicular basanites from Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin – a new type of cryptoendolithic fungi. PLOS ONE 10(7): e01333368. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.01333368.

Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Gustafsson, H., Holm, N.G., 2015. Biogenic Mn-oxides in subseafloor basalts. PLOS ONE 10(6): e0128863. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128863.

Ivarsson, M., Holm, N.G., Neubeck, A., 2015. The deep biosphere of the subseafloor igneous crust. In: Trace Metal Biogeochemsitry and Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Systems (eds. Demina, L.L., Galkin, S.V.). Springer, 1-24.

Drake, H., Åström, M.E., Heim, C., Broman, C., Åström, J., Whitehouse, M., Ivarsson, M., Siljeström, S., Sjövall, P., 2015. Extreme 13C-depletion of carbonates formed during oxidation of biogenic methane in fractured granite. Nature Communications 6:7020, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8020.

Chi Fru, E., Ivarsson, M., Kilias, S.P., Frings, S., Hemmingsson, C., Broman, C., Bengtson, S., Chatzitheodoridis, C., 2015. Biogenicity of an early Quaternary iron formation, Milos Island, Greece. Geobiology 13: 225-244.

2014

Tulej, M., Riedo, A., Neuland, M.B., Meyer, S., Wurz, P., Thomas, N., Grimaudo, V., Moreno-Garcia, P., Broekmann, P., Neubeck, A., Ivarsson, M., 2014. CAMAM: a miniature laser ablation ionization mass spectrometer and camera-microscope system for in situ investigation of the composition and morphology of extraterrestrial materials. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 38: 441-466.

Bengtson, S., Ivarsson, M., Astolfo, A., Belivanova, V., Broman, C., Marone, F., Stampanoni, M., 2014. Deep-biosphere consortium of fungi and prokaryotes in Eocene sub-seafloor basalts. Geobiology 12: 489-496.

Sallstedt, T., Ivarsson, M., Lundberg, J.E.K., Sjöberg, R., Vidal Romaní, J.R., 2014. Speleothem and biofilm formation in granite/dolerite cave, northern Sweden. International Journal of Speleology 43: 305-313.

2013

Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Sturkell, E., Ormö, J., Siljeström, S., van Zuilen, M., Bengtson, S., 2013. Fungal colonization of an Ordovician impact-induced hydrothermal system. Scientific Reports 3, 3487; DOI:10.1038/srep03487.

Norbäck Ivarsson, L., Ivarsson, M., Lundberg, J., Sallstedt, T., Rydin, C., 2013. Epilithic and aerophilic diatoms in the artificial environment of Kungsträdgården metro station, Stockholm, Sweden. International Journal of Speleology 42: 289-297.

Chi Fru, E., Ivarsson, M., Kilias, S.P., Bengtson, S., Belivanova, V., Marone, F., Fortin, D., Broman, C., and Stampanoni, M., 2013. Fossilized iron bacteria reveal pathway to biological origin of banded iron formation. Nature Communications 4: DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3050.

Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S., Skogby, H., Belivanova, V., and Marone, F., 2013. Fungal colonies in open fractures of subseafloor basalt. Geo-Marine Letters 33: 233-243.

2012

Ivarsson, M. 2012. The subseafloor basalts as fungal habitats. Biogeosciences 9: 3625-3635.

Ivarsson, M., Bengtson, S., Belivanova, V., Stampanoni, M., Marone, F., and Tehler, A., 2012. Fossilized fungi in subseafloor Eocene basalts. Geology 40: 163-166.

Ivarsson, M. and Holmström S., 2012. The use of ESEM in geobiology. In: The Scanning Electron Microscope (ed. Kazmiruk, V.). InTech, 799-818.

2011

Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Holmström, S.J.M., Ahlbom, M., Lindblom, S. and Holm, N.G., 2011. Putative fossilised fungi in the lithified volcaniclastic apron of Gran Canaria, Spain. Astrobiology 11: 633-650.

Ivarsson, M., Broman, C. and Holm, N.G., 2011 Chromite oxidation by manganese oxides in subseafloor basalts and the presence of putative fossilized microorganisms. Geochemical Transactions 12:5.

2010

Ivarsson, M., Kilias, S.P., Broman, C., Naden, J. and Detsi, K., 2010. Fossilized microorganisms preserved as fluid inclusions in epithermal veins, Vani Mn-Ba deposit, Milos Island, Greece. Proceedings of the XIX CBGA Congress 100: 297-307.

Ivarsson, M. and Lindgren, P., 2010. The search for sustainable subsurface habitats on Mars, and the sampling of impact ejecta. Sustainability 2: 1969-1990.

Lindgren, P., Ivarsson, M., Neubeck, A., Broman, C., Henkel, H. and Holm, N.G., 2010,Putative fossil life in a hydrothermal system of the Dellen impact structure, Sweden. International Journal of Astrobiology 9: 137-146.

Mcloughlin, N., Staudigel, H, Furnes, H., Eichmann, B. and Ivarsson, M., 2010. Mechanisms of microtunneling in rock substrates – Distinguishing endolithic biosignatures from abiotic microtunnels. Geobiology 8: 245-255.

2009

Ivarsson, M., Broman, C., Lindblom, S. and Holm, N.G., 2009.Fluid inclusions as a tool to constrain the preservation conditions of sub-seafloor cryptoendoliths. Planetary and Space Science 57: 477-490.

Holm, N.G., Dumont, M., Ivarsson, M., Konn, C. and Neubeck, A., 2009. Abiotic organic synthesis beneath the ocean floor. In Astrobiology: Emergence, Search and Detection of Life (eds. Basiuk, V.A. and Navarro-González, R.). American Scientific Publishers.

2008

Ivarsson, M., Lausmaa, J., Lindblom, S., Broman, C. and Holm, N.G., 2008. Fossilized microorganisms from the Emperor Seamounts: implications for the search for a sub-surface fossil record on Earth and Mars. Astrobiology 8: 1139-1157.

Ivarsson, M., Gehör, S. and Holm, N.G., 2008. Micro-scale variations of iron isotopes in fossilized microorganisms. International Journal of Astrobiology 7: 93-106.

Ivarsson, M., Lindblom, S., Broman, C. and Holm, N.G., 2008. Fossilized microorganisms associated with zeolite-carbonate interfaces in sub-seafloor hydrothermal environments. Geobiology 6: 155-170.

Ivarsson, M. and Holm, N.G. 2008.Microbial colonization of various habitable niches during alteration of oceanic crust. In Links between Geological Processes, Microbial Activities and Evolution of Life (eds. Dilek, Y., Furnes, H. and Muehlenbachs, K.). Springer Publications, 69-111.

2006

Holm, N.G., Dumont, M., Ivarsson, M. and Konn, C., 2006. Alkaline fluid circulation in ultramafic rocks and formation of nucleotide constituents: a hypothesis. Geochemical Transactions 7:7.

Ivarsson, M. 2006. Advantages of doubly polished thin sections for the study of microfossils in volcanic rock. Geochemical Transactions 7:5.