T52 Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments for Microbial Survival I

Sunday, 16 October 2005
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  HYDROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENTS AND PLANETARY HABITABILITY: IS THERMOPHILY THE MOST COMMON PATHWAY OF BIOSPHERE EMERGENCE IN THE COSMOS?
  Jack D. Farmer, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ
  96617 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  POSSIBLE FOSSILS PRESERVED IN ARCHEAN AMPHIBOLITE-FACIES METAPELITES?
  James D. Schiffbauer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA and Leiming Yin, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, N/A and Xunlai Yuan, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing and Alan J. Kaufman, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD and Shuhai Xiao, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
  93383 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  THE LATE ARCHEAN BIOSPHERIC EXPLOSION
  John F. Lindsay, Center for Advanced Space Studies, Houston, TX and Victoria C. Bennett, Australian National University, Canberra, N/A and Martin D. Brasier, Oxford University, Oxford, N/A
  90116 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  MICROBIAL ROLES: ADAPTATION OF MICROBES TO AN EVOLVING PLANETARY SETTING
  Penny A. Morris, Univ of Houston Downtown, Houston, TX and John Lindsay, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX
  93842 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  ANACHRONISTIC PERIODS IN EARTH HISTORY AND THEIR ROLE IN THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL MICROBIALITES: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE EARLY TRIASSIC
  Adam D. Woods, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  95520 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  STABLE IRON ISOTOPES DATA ASSES MICROBIALLY MEDIATION IN THE ROSSO AMMONITICO (MID-LATE JURASSIC, VERONA AREA, ITALY)
  Alain R. Préat, University of Brussels, Brussels, N/A and Nadine L. Mattielli, University of Brussels, Brussels, N/A and Jeroen R. De Jong, University of Brussels, Brussels, N/A and Bernard L. Mamet, University of Brussels, Brussels, N/A
  90553 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  CLOSED-BASIN LACUSTRINE SYSTEMS AS TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS FOR POSSIBLE AQUATIC HABITATS ON MARS AND OTHER WATER-LIMITED PLANETARY BODIES
  David B. Finkelstein, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN and Lisa M. Pratt, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN and Alan Munhall, Lakeview, OR and Carl E. Bauer, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN
  97374 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  MICROBIAL CONTROL OF GAYLUSSITE PRECIPITATION IN MONO LAKE
  M.D. Thomas, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and J.D. Farmer, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  97462 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  PRESERVATION OF HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS IN HALITE FLUID INCLUSIONS, SALINE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
  MN. Timofeeff, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY and T.K. Lowenstein, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY and M.A. Parker, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY and C.L. Satterfield, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY and B.A. Schubert, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY and R.H. Vreeland, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
  94274 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF MICROORGANISMS AND DNA PRESERVED IN HALITES, DEATH VALLEY SALT CORE, CALIFORNIA
  Brian A. Schubert, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY and Tim K. Lowenstein, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY and Michael N. Timofeeff, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY and Matthew Parker, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY and Russell Vreeland, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
  92432 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  MICROBIAL LIFE IN SALINE LAKES AND PANS: A MICROBIOLOGIST'S PERSPECTIVE
  Melanie Mormile, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO and Kathleen Benison, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI and Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, Univ of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO and Brenda Beitler Bowen, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
  92014 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  MODERN MICROBIAL LIFE IN SALINE LAKES AND PANS IN AUSTRALIA: A FIELD PERSPECTIVE
  Kathleen Counter Benison, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI and Melanie R. Mormile, University of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO and Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, Univ of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO and Brenda Beitler Bowen, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI and Bo-young Hong, University of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO and Elliot Andrew Jagniecki, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI and Stacy Lynd Story, Univ of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO
  92015 (Technical Sessions)