T118 Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments for Microbial Survival II

Monday, 17 October 2005
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  GEOMICROBIOLOGY OF COLD HYPERSALINE SPRINGS
  Kathleen L. Londry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB and Stephen Grasby, Natural Resources Canada/Ressources Naturelles Canada, Calgary, AB
  94136 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  MICROCLIMATOLOGY OF AND CONDITIONS FOR HYPOLITHIC CYANO-AND HETEROTORPHIC BACTERIAL COLONIZATION OF GYPSUM PLATES IN THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS
  Amanda Stone, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY and Eric Johnson, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY and Don Corrick, Big Bend National Park, Big Bend National Park, TX and Mary Allen, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
  94095 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  THE SURFACE ENVIRONMENT ON MARS AND HABITABILITY FOR EARTH-TYPE MICROBES: CLUES IN THE MARTIAN METEORITES AND COMPARISON TO OTHER MARS DATA
  Susan J. Wentworth, ERC/ESCG, Houston, TX and E.K. Gibson, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX and D.S. McKay, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
  96706 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  THE POTENTIAL FOR HABITABLE ENVIRONMENTS IN THE BASALTIC PLAINS AND COLUMBIA HILLS OF GUSEV CRATER, MARS
  David J. Des Marais, NASA-Ames Rsch Ctr, Moffett Field, CA and Science Team Athena, Mars, N/A
  97760 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  A PETROLEUM GEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE BIODEGRADATION OF OIL IN THE DEEP SUBSURFACE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEEP BIOSPHERES OF EARTH AND MARS
  Steve Larter, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB and Ian M. Head, U. Newcastle U Tyne, Newcastle, N/A and Tom Curtis, U. Newcastle U Tyne, Newcastle, N/A
  91985 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  CRYOBIONTS IN SNOW AND ICE OBSERVED WITH LOW TEMPERATURE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM) AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM)
  William P. Wergin, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD and James Foster, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD and Albert Rango, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Las Cruces, NM and Edward G. Josberger, Tacoma, WA and Eric F. Erbe, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD and Charles A. Murphy, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD and Christopher Pooley, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD
  91473 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  SUBSURFACE SULFUR SYSTEMS FOR ASTROBIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
  Penelope J. Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM and Michael Spilde, Univ New Mexico Institute Meteoritics, Albuquerque, NM and Diana E. Northup, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Laura Rosales Lagarde, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM
  93959 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE MANGANESE MICROBIAL ENVIRONMENTS
  Michael Spilde, Univ New Mexico Institute Meteoritics, Albuquerque, NM and Penelope J. Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM and Diana E. Northup, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Armand E. Dichosa, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  97552 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  MICROBIAL DENSITY IN SAMPLES FROM EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS AND AMENABILITY TO IN SITU CHEMICAL EXTRACTION AND FLUORESCENT DETECTION
  Jay L. Nadeau, McGill University, Montreal, QC and Henry J. Sun, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV
  95051 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF MICROBIAL MATS IN COASTAL PONDS OF THE MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS, ANTARCTICA
  Melissa M. Hage, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Maria E. Uhle, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Stephen Macko, Univ. Virginia, Charlottesville, VA and Kaycie Billmark, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Amanda Smithgall, Center for Biomarker Analysis, Knoxville, TN and Aaron Peacock, Center for Biomarker Analysis, Knoxville, TN and D.C. White, Center for Biomarker Analysis, Knoxville, TN and Patrick J. Schuneman, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  95857 (Technical Sessions)