Olivine-respiring bacteria isolated from the rock-ice interface in a lava-tube cave, a mars analog environment

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-18

  Popa, Radu ^a   Smith, Amy R ^a   Popa, Rodica ^a   Boone, Jane ^a   Fisk, Martin ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremophiles; Iron; Mars; Olivine; oxidizing bacteria; Redox

Indexed keywords

ICE; IRON DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; OLIVINE; SILICATE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; CAVE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; SEDIMENT; VOLCANO;

AEROBIOSIS; CAVES; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ICE; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MARS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; SILICATES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 84863082099     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0639     Document Type: Article

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