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Session No. 29
Sunday, 31 October 2010: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)

Geomicrobiology (Posters)

Authors will be present from 2 to 4 PM, and 4:30 to 5:30 PM.

 

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PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES FROM THERMO HOT SPRINGS, BEAVER COUNTY, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH
FINSTICK, Sue Ann, Adjunct, Southern Utah University, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Darton College, P.O. Box 3406, Duluth, MN 55803 and HILDEBRAND, Terri J., Biology Department, Southern Utah University, 351 W. University Blvd, Cedar City, UT 84720, finstick@suu.edu, finstick@suu.edu
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COMPLEX STROMATOLITIC STRUCTURES IN AN ACID MINE DRAINAGE ENVIRONMENT: A CONSEQUENCE OF EUKARYOTE-DOMINATED BIOFILMS
EICKHOFF, Brooke A., Department of Earth & Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, BRAKE, Sandra S., Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, beickhoff@indstate.edu, beickhoff@indstate.edu
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DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN MICROBIALLY-INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES AND GEOCHEMICAL SELF-ORGANIZATION RELATED TO IRON OXIDE MINERALIZATION IN FLUVIAL SANDSTONES
KETTLER, Richard M., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, LOOPE, David B., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Lincoln, NE 68588 and WEBER, Karrie A., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, rkettler1@unl.edu, rkettler1@unl.edu
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SEMIQUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF PRECIPITATES IN AN IRON-RICH STROMATOLITE DERIVED FROM THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF EUKARYOTE-DOMINATED BIOFILMS IN AN ACID MINE DRAINAGE ENVIRONMENT
BRAKE, Sandra S.1, HASIOTIS, Stephen T.2, BUREN, Douglas D.1 and EICKHOFF, Brooke A.3, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3)Department of Earth & Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, sandra.brake@indstate.edu, sandra.brake@indstate.edu
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OPTIMIZING CALCIUM CARBONATE PRECIPITATION BY MICROORGANISMS ISOLATED FROM CAVE POOLS
CLEMENT, Amy1, HUGHES, Kaitlyn J.2 and NORTHUP, Diana E.2, (1)Biology Department, Carleton College, One North College St, Northfield, MN 55057, (2)Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, acc333@gmail.com, acc333@gmail.com
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INFERRING ANCESTRAL CROCODYLAMORPHA-MICROBE SYMBIOSES BASED ON THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR (ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS) GUT MICROBIOME
KEENAN, Sarah W. and ENGEL, Annette S., Dept. Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, skeena3@tigers.lsu.edu, skeena3@tigers.lsu.edu
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BACTERIAL NITROGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE GAS PRODUCTION IN LIMESTONE CAVES: A CASE STUDY IN THE BAHAMAS
BISHOP, Melisa R., ROMANEK, Chris S. and SCHWABE, Stephanie J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506, melisa979@uky.edu, melisa979@uky.edu
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BIOLEACHING OF LUNAR AND MARTIAN PLANETARY SIMULANTS AND ILMENITE IN THE PRESENCE OF IRON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA
CAPPELLE, Ian J.1, NAVARRETE, Jesica1 and BORROK, David M.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, (2)School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, ijcappelle@miners.utep.edu, ijcappelle@miners.utep.edu
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ANALYSIS OF GROWTH DIRECTIONS OF DOMED MICRODIGITATE STROMATOLITES FROM WALKER LAKE, WESTERN NEVADA
PETRYSHYN, Victoria A., Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, petryshy@usc.edu, petryshy@usc.edu
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GEOCHEMICAL ALTERATION OF ENDOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL SPORES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES
BALINT, Adam, Winthrop University, Deparment of Chemistry, Physics and Geology, 213A Sims Hall, Rock Hill, SC 29733, WERTS, Scott P., Chemistry, Physics and Geology, Winthrop University, 213A Sims Hall, Rock Hill, SC 29733 and KERRIGAN, Julia, Entomology, Soils, & Plant Sciences, Clemson University, 113 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, balinta2@winthrop.edu, balinta2@winthrop.edu
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DETERMINING THE ORIGIN OF SUBSURFACE AMMONIUM SUPPORTING A BIOSPHERE AT HENDERSON MINE, CO
SWANNER, Elizabeth D., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309, NELL, Ryan M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309 and TEMPLETON, Alexis S., Geological Sciences, University of Colorado - Boulder, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309, swanner@colorado.edu, swanner@colorado.edu
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