Potential microbial contamination from drilling lubricants into subseafloor rock cores

Pendleton, H. Lizethe; Twing, Katrina I.; Motamedi, Shahrzad; Brazelton, William J.

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Potential microbial contamination from drilling lubricants into subseafloor rock cores

H. Lizethe Pendleton, Katrina I. Twing, Shahrzad Motamedi, and William J. Brazelton

H. Lizethe Pendleton

School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112 USA

Katrina I. Twing

School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112 USA

current address: Department of Microbiology, Weber State University, Ogden, 84408 USA

Shahrzad Motamedi

School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112 USA

William J. Brazelton

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

william.brazelton@utah.edu

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0933-0148

School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112 USA

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