Interactions Between Snow-Adapted Organisms, Minerals and Snow in a Mars-Analog Environment, and Implications for the Possible Formation of Mineral Biosignatures

Elisabeth Hausrath1, Courtney L. Bartlett2, Angela H Garcia2, Oliver D Tschauner2, Alison E Murray3 and James A. Raymond4, (1)University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States, (2)University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, United States, (3)Desert Research Institute Reno, Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Reno, NV, United States, (4)University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Life Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, United States