42 Microbial Ecology and Geobiology

Wednesday, 10 August 2005
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Presentations

• 2:10 PM
  MINERALOGICAL CONTROLS ON NUTRIENT (N AND P) SUPPLY IN THE DEEP BIOSPHERE
  David A.C. Manning, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, N/A and Steve Larter, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB and Barry Bennett, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
  88755 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:30 PM
  CHARACTERIZING BULK ORGANICS IN THE DEEP ROCK SAMPLES FROM THE MARS ANALOG RIO TINTO EXPERIMENT: AN ANALOG FOR THE SEARCH FOR DEEP SUBSURFACE LIFE ON MARS
  Rosalba Bonaccorsi, University of Trieste, Trieste, N/A and Carol R. Stoker, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
  88707 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:10 PM
  STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO MECHANISMS OF MICROBIAL SOURING CONTROL IN OIL FIELDS USING NITRATE OR NITRITE
  Casey Hubert, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB and Gerrit Voordouw, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB and Bernhard Mayer, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB
  88787 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:30 PM
  A MODEL FOR VERTICALLY ORIENTED SURFACES IN MICROBIAL MATS
  Megan A. Murphy, Univ of California, Davis, CA and Rebekah N. Shepard, Univ of California, Davis, CA and Dawn Y. Sumner, Univ of California, Davis, CA
  88593 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:50 PM
  DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY IN A CYANOBACTERIAL LABORATORY MODEL SYSTEM: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF FOSSIL MICROBIALITES
  Rebekah N. Shepard, Univ of California, Davis, CA and Kathryn M. Alexander, Univ of California, Davis, CA and Megan Murphy, Univ of California, Davis, CA and Dawn Y. Sumner, Univ of California, Davis, CA
  88890 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:10 PM
  DOLOMITE, MICROBIALITES AND SALT LAKES: CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF LACUSTRINE DOLOMITE RESEARCH
  William M. Last, Univ Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB and Fawn M. Ginn, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB and Kathleen Londry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB and Matthew Chalaturnyk, Univ Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
  88438 (THEME SESSIONS)