Session: Geomicrobiology: Microbe-Mineral Interactions, Life in Extreme Environments, and Early Microbial Life on Earth (2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7

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1:30 PM

ADDITIONAL ROLES FOR MICROBES: DO MICROBES INCRUST INVERTEBRATES (BRYOZOA), ALTER EXOSKELETAL MINERALOGY AND POSSIBLY AFFECT THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD?

MORRIS, Penny A.¹, SOULE, Dorothy F.², FORREST, Rebecca¹ and DONNER, Wolfgang³, (1)Natural Science, Univ of Houston Downtown, 1 Main St, Houston, TX 77002, (2)Hancock Institute for Marine Studies, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371, (3)Department of Physics, Univ of Houston, 617 Science and Research Bldg 1, Room 515E, Houston, TX 77204-5005, pmorris@ems.jsc.nasa.gov, pmorris@ems.jsc.nasa.gov

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1:45 PM

ENTRAPMENT OF BACTERIA IN FLUID INCLUSIONS IN LABORATORY-GROWN HALITE

ADAMSKI, James C., Geology, Univ of Kansas, 120 Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, ROBERTS, Jennifer A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613 and GOLDSTEIN, Robert H., Department of Geology, The Univ of Kansas, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-2124, jadamski@ku.edu, jadamski@ku.edu

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2:00 PM

SHOULD ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH MINERALS BE CALLED BIOMINERALS?

PERRY, Randall S., Earth Sciences, Oxford Univ and Planetary Sci Institute, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, United Kingdom, BRASIER, Martin D., Earth Sciences, Univ of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, United Kingdom, ENGEL, Michael H., School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019-1009, GREEN, Owen R., Earth Sciences, Univ of Oxford, Parks Rd, Oxford, OX8 1HL, United Kingdom, GORBUSHINA, Anna A., Geomicrobiology, ICBM Carl von Ossietzky Univ, Oldenburg, 26111, Germany, KOLB, Vera M., Chemistry, Univ of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Rd, Kenosha, WI 53141-2000, KRUMBEIN, Wolfgang E., Geomicrobiology, ICBM Carl von Ossietzky Univ, Oldenburg, Germany, PERRY, Carole C., Chemistry Division, The Nottingham Trent Univ, Clifton Lane, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, CAMPBELL, Kathleen, Department of Geology, Univ of Auckland, pb 92019, Auckland, New Zealand and STALEY, James T., Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, perry@psi.edu, perry@psi.edu

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2:15 PM

A BASELINE STUDY OF EVAPORATIVE WATER CHEMISTRY AND MICROBIAL MAT DIVERSITY FROM ALKALINE LAKES IN WARNER VALLEY, OREGON

FINKELSTEIN, David B., Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, MUNHALL, Alan, Bureau of Land Management, Lakeview District, Lakeview, OR 97630, PRATT, Lisa M., Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and BAUER, Carl E., Department of Biology, Indiana Univ, Jordan Hall, Bloomington, IN 47405, dafinkel@indiana.edu, dafinkel@indiana.edu

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2:30 PM

EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS OF NICHE SPECIALIZATION IN THE TREE OF LIFE; IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY LIFE ON EARTH AND THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ELSEWHERE

BLANK, Carrine E., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ, Campus Box 1169, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, blank@wustl.edu, blank@wustl.edu

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2:45 PM

TESTING THE BIOGENICITY OF ENDOLITHIC MICROBORINGS ON EARLY EARTH AND MARS: NEW DATA FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA

BRASIER, Martin D.¹, MCLOUGHLIN, Nicola¹, GREEN, Owen R.¹, PRESS, Madeleine¹, PERRY, Randall S.¹ and LINDSAY, John F.², (1)Earth Sciences, Oxford Univ, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, (2)Lunar and Planetary Instituite, Center for Advanced Space Studies, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058-1113, nicola.mcloughlin@earth.ox.ac.uk, nicola.mcloughlin@earth.ox.ac.uk

3:00 PM

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3:15 PM

ANAEROBIC BIOSYNTHESIS OF HOPANOIDS BY A MICROBE PREVALENT IN ANOXIC ENVIRONMENTS

FISCHER, Woodward W., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, SUMMONS, Roger E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02142-1324 and PEARSON, Ann, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138, wfischer@fas.harvard.edu, wfischer@fas.harvard.edu

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3:30 PM

THE ROLE OF SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA ON THE FORMATION OF SUPERGENE GOLD

LENGKE, Maggy F., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Western Ontario, Biological and Geological Building, London, ON N6A-5B7 and SOUTHAM, Gordon, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Western Ontario, Biological & Geological Building, London, ON N6A-5B7, Canada, mlengke@uwo.ca, mlengke@uwo.ca

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3:45 PM

DISSIMILATORY ARSENATE REDUCTION AND CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC ARSENITE OXIDATION ASSOCIATED WITH SEDIMENTS FROM A SALT-SATURATED SODA LAKE

KULP, Thomas R.¹, HOEFT, Shelley E.², BLUM, Jodi Switzer², MILLER, Laurence G.² and OREMLAND, Ronald S.², (1)Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Science 1 Building, Binghamton, NY 13902, (2)Water Resources Division, U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 480, Menlo Park, CA 94025, tkulp@binghamton.edu, tkulp@binghamton.edu

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4:00 PM

CRITICAL FACTORS LIMITING MICROBIAL FE(III)- AND MN(IV)-OXIDE REDUCTION: OXIDE SURFACE AREA, DISSOLVED CONCENTRATION OF PRODUCT ION, AND ARSENIC ADSORPTION

MEYER, Brent A., Hydrologic Sciences Program, Univ of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557 and STILLINGS, Lisa L., U.S. Geololgical Survey, MS-176, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV 89557-0047, bmteton@yahoo.com, bmteton@yahoo.com

2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Geomicrobiology: Microbe-Mineral Interactions, Life in Extreme Environments, and Early Microbial Life on Earth