Lava cave microbial communities within mats and secondary mineral deposits: Implications for life detection on other planets

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 601-618

  Northup, D E ^a   Melim, L A ^b   Spilde, M N ^a   Hathaway, J J M ^a   Garcia, M G ^a   Moya, M ^a   Stone, F D ^c,d   Boston, P J ^e   Dapkevicius, M L N E ^f   Riquelme, C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Bacteria; Biosignatures; Caves; Life detection; Microbial mats

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CAVE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CAVES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; NEW MEXICO; PLANETS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053035423     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0562     Document Type: Article

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