B22D:
Wanted, Dead or Alive: Microbes in the Subsurface III
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs: Jennifer Biddle, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States and Beth Orcutt, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science, East Boothbay, ME, United States
Primary Conveners: Jennifer Biddle, Univ of Delaware, Lewes, DE, United States
Co-conveners: Beth Orcutt, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science, East Boothbay, ME, United States
OSPA Liaisons: Beth Orcutt, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science, East Boothbay, ME, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
10:20 AM
Evidence for Methyl-Compound-Activated Life in Coal Bed System 2 km Below Sea Floor
Elizabeth Trembath-reichert1, Yuki Morono2, Katherine Dawson1, Greg Wanger1, Marshall Bowles3, Verena Heuer3, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs3, Fumio Inagaki2 and Victoria J Orphan1, (1)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan, (3)MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
10:35 AM
Exploring Genomic Diversity Using Metagenomics of Deep-Sea Subsurface Microbes from the Louisville Seamount and the South Pacific Gyre
Benjamin J Tully1,2, Jason B Sylvan2, John F Heidelberg2 and Julie A Huber3, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)USC-Biological Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Josephine Bay Paul Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States
10:50 AM
Adapt or Die on the Highway To Hell: Metagenomic Insights into Altered Genomes of Firmicutes from the Deep Biosphere
Brandon R Briggs, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States and Frederick S Colwell, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
11:20 AM
Is the rare biosphere real or a technical artifact? A case study involving a multi-year deep subsurface time series
Cara Magnabosco1, Maggie Lau1, Melody Rose Lindsay1, Rose Alleva1, Ramunas Stepanauskas2, Steven Shivambu3,4, Sihle Maphanga3,4, Esta van Heerden5 and Tullis C Onstott6, (1)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States, (3)Sibanye Gold Ltd., Welkom, South Africa, (4)Gold Fields Ltd., Welkom, South Africa, (5)University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, (6)Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ, United States
11:35 AM
Hallelujah! The in situ nitrogen cycle within the subterranean crust
Chui Yim Maggie Lau1, Cara Magnabosco1, Rose Alleva1, Wei Wang1, David Perlman1, Saw Kyin1, Sihle Maphanga2, Steven Shivambu2, Esta van Heerden3 and Tullis C Onstott4, (1)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Sibanye Gold Limited, Westonaria, South Africa, (3)University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, (4)Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ, United States
11:50 AM
Lipids biomarkers of the deep terrestrial subsurface biosphere
Magdalena R Osburn1, Lily Momper2, Florence Schubotz3, Roger E Summons4 and Jan Amend2, (1)Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, (2)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Massachusetts Inst of Tech, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
12:05 PM
Metatranscriptomic Evidence of Chemolithoautotrophy in the Rifle (CO) Subsurface Relevant to C, S, N, and Fe Cycling
Harry R Beller1, Talia N. M. Jewell1, Ulas Karaoz1, Brian C Thomas2, Jillian F Banfield2, Eoin Brodie1 and Kenneth Hurst Williams1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
