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Kari M. Finstad
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 16
Citations - 2254
Kari M. Finstad is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soil water & Radiocarbon dating. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 13 publications receiving 1742 citations. Previous affiliations of Kari M. Finstad include Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory & University of California.
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A new view of the tree of life
Laura A. Hug,Laura A. Hug,Brett J. Baker,Karthik Anantharaman,Christopher T. Brown,Alexander J. Probst,Cindy J. Castelle,Cristina N. Butterfield,Alex W Hernsdorf,Yuki Amano,Kotaro Ise,Yohey Suzuki,Natasha Dudek,David A. Relman,David A. Relman,Kari M. Finstad,Ronald Amundson,Brian C. Thomas,Jillian F. Banfield,Jillian F. Banfield +19 more
TL;DR: New genomic data from over 1,000 uncultivated and little known organisms, together with published sequences, are used to infer a dramatically expanded version of the tree of life, with Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya included.
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Clades of huge phages from across Earth’s ecosystems
Basem Al-Shayeb,Rohan Sachdeva,Lin-Xing Chen,Fred R. Ward,Patrick Munk,Audra E. Devoto,Cindy J. Castelle,Matthew R. Olm,Keith Bouma-Gregson,Yuki Amano,Christine He,Raphaël Méheust,Brandon Brooks,Alex D. Thomas,Adi Lavy,Paula Matheus-Carnevali,Christine L. Sun,Daniela S. Aliaga Goltsman,Mikayla A. Borton,Allison Sharrar,Alexander L. Jaffe,Tara Colenbrander Nelson,Rose S. Kantor,Ray Keren,Katherine R Lane,Ibrahim F. Farag,Shufei Lei,Kari M. Finstad,Ronald Amundson,Karthik Anantharaman,Jinglie Zhou,Alexander J. Probst,Mary E. Power,Susannah G. Tringe,Wen-Jun Li,Kelly C. Wrighton,Susan T.L. Harrison,Michael J. Morowitz,David A. Relman,Jennifer A. Doudna,Anne-Catherine Lehours,Lesley A. Warren,Jamie H. D. Cate,Joanne M. Santini,Jillian F. Banfield +44 more
TL;DR: Genomic analyses of major clades of huge phages sampled from across Earth’s ecosystems show that they have diverse genetic inventories, including a variety of CRISPR–Cas systems and translation-relevant genes.
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Oxygen isotope fractionation effects in soil water via interaction with cations (Mg, Ca, K, Na) adsorbed to phyllosilicate clay minerals
Erik J. Oerter,Kari M. Finstad,Justin Schaefer,Gregory R. Goldsmith,Todd E. Dawson,Ronald Amundson +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the isotope effects caused by high cation exchange capacity (CEC) clays in mineral-water systems were investigated by creating a series of monominerallic-water mixtures at gravimetric water contents.
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Microbial Community Structure and the Persistence of Cyanobacterial Populations in Salt Crusts of the Hyperarid Atacama Desert from Genome-Resolved Metagenomics
Kari M. Finstad,Alexander J. Probst,Brian C. Thomas,Gary L. Andersen,Gary L. Andersen,Cecilia Demergasso,Alex Echeverría,Ronald Amundson,Jillian F. Banfield +8 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that moisture level, controlled by coastal fog intensity, is the strongest driver of community membership.
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Chronology, stratigraphy and hydrological modelling of extensive wetlands and paleolakes in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert during the late quaternary
Marco Pfeiffer,Marco Pfeiffer,Claudio Latorre,Calogero M. Santoro,Eugenia M. Gayo,Rodrigo Rojas,María L. Carrevedo,Virginia McRostie,Kari M. Finstad,Arjun M. Heimsath,Matthew C. Jungers,Ricardo De Pol-Holz,Ronald Amundson +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that halite-encrusted salt pans (salars) present at low elevations in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile are unique features of one of the driest and possibly oldest deserts on Earth.