MICROBIAL DIVERSITY OF THE MINERAL-MICROBIAL CONTINUUM IN LAVA CAVES: IMPLICATIONS FOR NITROGEN CYCLING
NORTHUP, Diana1, HATHAWAY, J.J.M.1, BRIGGS, William C.1, DEVLIN, Molly2, MOSER, D.P.2 and BLANK, Jennifer3, (1)Biology Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119, (3)NASA Ames Research Center, MS 239-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035