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

Session No. 151
Tuesday, 9 November 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

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

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MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN SEDIMENTS OF LAKE CHAKA: AN INLAND ALKALINE LAKE IN NORTHEASTERN CHINA
JIANG Sr, H1, ZHANG Sr, G.1, DONG Sr, H.1, YU, B.2 and FILEDS, M.W.3, (1)Geology of Department, Miami Univ, Room 114, Shideler Hall, Geology of Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, (2)Geology, China Univ of Geosciences, Xueyuan Road 29, Haidian District, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, (3)Department of Microbiology, Miami Univ, Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, jiangh@muohio.edu, jiangh@muohio.edu
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FUNGAL DIVERSITY IN EUKARYOTE-DOMINATED BIOFILMS IN ACID MINE DRAINAGE
SHEPHERD, B.S.1, MCLEAN, M.A.2 and BRAKE, S.S.1, (1)Dept. of Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)Dept. of Life Sciences, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN 47809, sshepherd31@yahoo.com, sshepherd31@yahoo.com
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MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN METHANE-GENERATING SEDIMENTARY BASINS
PETSCH, Steven T., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, MARTINI, Anna M., Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002 and NÜSSLEIN, Klaus, Department of Microbiology, Univ of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, spetsch@geo.umass.edu, spetsch@geo.umass.edu
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BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN LABORATORY MICROBIAL ATTACHMENT INVESTIGATIONS AND FIELD MICROCOSM STUDIES
HUGHES, Brian Tyler1, ROBERTS, J.A.1 and FOWLE, David A.2, (1)Geology, Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, Univ of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada, hughesku@yahoo.com, hughesku@yahoo.com
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A LABORATORY-SCALE ALKALINE-LAKE MODEL OF MICROBE-ZEOLITE INTERACTIONS
JANUSZ, Robert and BIRNBAUM, Stuart, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663, rjanusz@utsa.edu, rjanusz@utsa.edu
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EFFECTS OF GEOMICROBIOLOGY ON ACID MINE DRAINAGE IN A POLYMETALLIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, BLUE LEDGE MINE, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
SHERLOCK, Wes K.1, ELLIOTT Jr, William S.2, PETROVIC, Steven C.3, PAGE, Kathleen A.4 and GRAF Jr, Joseph L.2, (1)Geological Sciences, Univ of Nevada, Reno, MS/172, Reno, NV 89557-0180, (2)Geology, Southern Oregon Univ, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR 97520, (3)Chemistry, Southern Oregon Univ, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR 97520, (4)Biology, Southern Oregon Univ, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR 97520, bornite@earthlink.net, bornite@earthlink.net
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EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THE BIOGENICITY OF MOONMILK, AND THE CHARACTERIZATION OF MOONMILK AND ITS DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN SPIDER CAVE, CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, NEW MEXICO
PERRONE, Morgan, Geological Sciences, New Mexico State Univ, Breland Hall Rm. 129, Las Cruces, NM 88003, GILES, Katherine, Geological Sciences, New Mexico State Univ, Las Cruces, NM 88011, BOSTON, Penelope J., Dept of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, NORTHUP, Diana E., Dept of Biology, Univ of New Mexico, Centennial Science & Engineering Library, MSC05 3020, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and SPILDE, Michael N., Institute of Meteoritics, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131, mperrone@nmsu.edu, mperrone@nmsu.edu
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CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROBIAL SELENIUM REDUCTION IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO
LYNN, Jeremy and CHILDERS, Susan E., Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, lynn7766@uidaho.edu, lynn7766@uidaho.edu
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CAN COMPRESSION ALGORITHMS HELP DIFFERENTIATE ABIOTIC STRUCTURES FROM BIOTIC STRUCTURES?
BONUSO, Nicole1, CORSETTI, Frank A.2, GRELLET-TINNER, Gerald3, STORRIE-LOMBARDI, Michael C.4 and BOTTJER, David1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (3)(1) Department of Earth Sciences and (2) Department of Vertebrate paleontology, (1)USC and (2) Nat History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, (4)Kinohi Institute, Pasadena, CA 91101, nbonuso@usc.edu, nbonuso@usc.edu
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POROSITY AND PERMEABILITY DEVELOPMENT IN CARBONATE ROCKS AFTER LONG-TERM MICROBIALLY PRODUCED ACIDIFICATION
COFFEY, Melody1, KIRKLAND, Brenda L.1, LYNCH, F. Leo1 and BROWN, Lewis R.2, (1)Geosciences, Mississippi State Univ, Mississippi State, 39762, (2)Biological Sciences, Mississippi State, 39762, claynac@ra.msstate.edu, claynac@ra.msstate.edu
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PROMOTING PROCESSES OF PEAK PRODUCTION IN MICROBIAL MATS
SHEPARD, Rebekah, ALEXANDER, Kathryn M. and SUMNER, Dawn Y., Geology, Univ of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, shepard@geology.ucdavis.edu, shepard@geology.ucdavis.edu