Chairs: Jennifer Biddle, Univ of Delaware, Lewes, DE, United States and Beth Orcutt, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science, East Boothbay, ME, United States
Primary Conveners: Jennifer Biddle, University of Delaware, Newark, 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
Genetic legacy of the deep subsurface recorded in the outflow channel of a terrestrial serpentinizing seep (Luzon, the Philippines)
Kristin M Woycheese1, D'Arcy Renee Meyer-Dombard1, Dawn Cardace2 and Carlo A Arcilla3, (1)University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States, (3)National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
Subseafloor nitrogen redox processes at Loihi Seamount, Hawai
Jason B Sylvan1, Scott D Wankel2, Douglas LaRowe3, Julie A Huber4, Craig L Moyer5 and Katrina J Edwards3, (1)USC-Biological Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)Josephine Bay Paul Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (5)Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, United States
Active microbial community structure of deep subsurface sediments within Baltic Sea Basin
Brandi K Reese1, Laura Zinke1, Gustavo Carvalho1, Karen G Lloyd2, Ian Marshall3, Alexander Shumaker2 and Jan Amend1, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States, (3)Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Community Structure of Methane-Cycling Archaea in Different Geochemical Zones in Aarhus Bay, Denmark
Xihan Chen1, Mark Alexander Lever1, Aaron Marc Saunders2 and Bo Barker Jørgensen1, (1)Aarhus University, Center for Geomicrobiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus, Denmark, (2)Aalborg University, Section of Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg, Denmark
High-resolution temporal analysis of deep subseafloor microbial communities inhabiting basement fluids
Sean Jungbluth1, Huei-Ting Lin2, Chih-Chiang Hsieh3 and Michael S Rappe2, (1)University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)University of Hawaii at Manoa Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States
Where the Wild Microbes Are: Education and Outreach on Sub-Seafloor Microbes
Sharon K Cooper1, Kevin Kurtz2, Beth Orcutt3, Lisa Strong4, Jennifer Collins1 and Alice Feagan5, (1)Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Independent author, Rochester, NY, United States, (3)Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science, East Boothbay, ME, United States, (4)Strong Mountain Productions, Corte Madera, CA, United States, (5)Independent Illustrator, Eugene, OR, United States
Boosting subsurface life: is subseafloor sediment a natural catalyst for radiolytic hydrogen production?
Justine Sauvage1, Dennis Graham1, Arthur J Spivack1, Ann G Dunlea2, Richard W Murray3 and Steven D'Hondt4, (1)University of Rhode Island - GSO, Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (3)Boston Univ, Boston, MA, United States, (4)University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States
Microbially-Enhanced Coal Bed Methane: Strategies for Increased Biogenic Production
Katie Davis1,2, Elliott P. Barhart2,3, Hannah D. Schweitzer2, Alfred B Cunningham2, Robin Gerlach2, Randy Hiebert4 and Matthew W. Fields2, (1)Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States, (2)Center for Biofilm Engineering, Bozeman, MT, United States, (3)USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States, (4)Montana Emergent Technologies, Inc., Butte, MT, United States
Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Groundwater Reveals an Active Anammox Bacterial Population
Talia N. M. Jewell1, Ulas Karaoz1, Brian C Thomas2, Jillian F Banfield2, Eoin Brodie1, Kenneth Hurst Williams1 and Harry R Beller1, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States