Utilizing active mid-infrared microspectrometry for in-situ analysis of cryptoendolithic microbial communities of Battleship Promontory, Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5906, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-9

  Hand, K P ^a   Carlson, R W ^b   Sun, H ^a,c   Anderson, M ^b   Wadsworth, W ^d   Levy, R ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Unit E   (United States)

^e Quant Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cryptoendoliths; Extremophiles; Mid infrared; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CRYPTOENDOLITHS; EXTREMOPHILES; MID-INFRARED;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISMS; MICROSCOPES; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 29844453820     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.625557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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