2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 125 Tuesday, 24 October 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: Auditorium Lecture Hall

P2. Evidence for Long-Term Survival of Microorganisms and Preservation of DNA

Tim K. Lowenstein, Michael N. Timofeeff and Brian A. Schubert, Presiding
  Paper #Start Time
  8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
125-18:10 AM EXTREMELY SLOW GROWTH OF SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA IN DEEP SUBSURFACE ROCKS: DAVIDSON, Mark M.1, WANGER, Greg2, SOUTHAM, Gordon3, MOSER, Duane4, ONSTOTT, Tullis1, PFIFFNER, Susan M.5, and LIPPMANN-PIPKE, Johanna6, (1) Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Washington Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540, markd@princeton.edu, (2) Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, (3) Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Western Ontario, Biological & Geological Building, London, ON N6A-5B7, Canada, (4) Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Reno, NV 89512, (5) Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37932, (6) GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
 125-28:30 AM EVIDENCE FOR METHANOGENIC/METHANOTROPHIC HYDROGEN METABOLISM IN A TECTONICALLY ACTIVE THERMAL AQUIFER, LIDY HOT SPRINGS, ID: CHAPELLE, Francis H.1, BENNER, Ron2, PROSKUROWSKI, Giora3, and BRADLEY, Paul M.1, (1) US Geological Survey, 720 Gracern Rd Ste 129, Columbia, SC 29210, chapelle@usgs.gov, (2) Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, (3) School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
 125-38:50 AM SUB-SEAFLOOR PROKARYOTES ACTIVE ON GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALES?: PARKES, R. John and SASS, Henrik, School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, United Kingdom, J.Parkes@earth.cf.ac.uk
 125-49:10 AM CAN HIGH PRESSURES ENHANCE THE LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF MICROORGANISMS?: HAZEN, Robert and SCHRENK, Matt, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC, 20015, r.hazen@gl.ciw.edu
 125-59:30 AM ALL KNEES AND ELBOWS: HALITE'S GROWTH MORPHOLOGY AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE: PASTERIS, Jill Dill1, FREEMAN, John J.1, WOPENKA, Brigitte1, QI, Kai2, MA, Qinggao3, and WOOLEY, Karen L.4, (1) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ, Campus Box 1169, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, PASTERIS@LEVEE.WUSTL.EDU, (2) DuPont Central Research and Development, Wilmington, DE 19880, (3) Chemtura Corporation, 199 Benson Rd, Middlebury, CT 06749, (4) Department of Chemistry, Washington University, Campus Box 1134, St. Louis, MO 63130
  9:50 AM Break
125-610:05 AM LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF MICROORGANISMS IN FLUID INCLUSIONS IN HALITE: LOWENSTEIN, Tim K.1, SCHUBERT, Brian A.2, TIMOFEEFF, Michael N.2, PARKER, Matthew3, and VREELAND, Russell H.4, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902, lowenst@binghamton.edu, (2) Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, PO Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902, (3) Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, PO Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902, (4) Biology, West Chester University, 750 So. Church st, West Chester, PA 19320-2112
 125-710:25 AM ANCIENT PRIMARY SALT CRYSTALS CONTINUE TO YIELD LIVE MICROBES: ISOLATION OF THE OLDEST KNOWN ARCHAEA FROM 121 MYA HALITE: VREELAND, Russell H., Biology, West Chester University, 750 So. Church st, West Chester, PA 19320-2112, rvreeland@wcupa.edu
 125-810:45 AM IONIZING RADIATION AND THE LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF BIOMOLECULES AND VIABLE BACTERIA: BADA, Jeffrey, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, la Jolla, CA 92093-0212, jbada@ucsd.edu and KMINEK, Gerhard, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, Noordwijk, 2200 AG, Netherlands
 125-911:05 AM GEOLOGICALLY ANCIENT DNA: FACT OR ARTEFACT?: HEBSGAARD, Martin Bay and WILLERSLEV, Eske, Ancient DNA and Evolution, Niels Bohr Institute and Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, Copenhagen Ø, DK-2100, Denmark, ewillerslev@bi.ku.dk
 125-1011:25 AM SEQUENCING EXTINCT GENOMES: POINAR, Hendrik, Anthropology and Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L9H 5E3 Canada, poinarh@mcmaster.ca
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