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Acevedo-Peña</b>, S. Cantrell<br> <em>Universidad del Turabo, Science and Technology, Gurabo, Puerto Rico</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0369</b><br> <a href='2229.htm'><b>AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO ELUCIDATE THE IN SITU METABOLISM OF NOVEL PHOSPHORUS SPECIES BY THERMOPHILIC CYANOBACTERIA IN A HOT SPRING MICROBIAL MAT COMMUNITY</b></a><br> <b>M. Adams</b><sup>1</sup>, A. Grossman<sup>2</sup>, D. Bhaya<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America, <sup>2</sup>The Carnegie Institute, Stanford, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0370</b><br> <a href='2222.htm'><b>NITRATE REDUCING PROKARYOTES IN AN EXTREME ALKALINE SALINE SOIL</b></a><br> <b>R. Alcántara-Hernández</b>, C. Valenzuela-Encinas, R. Marsch-Moreno, L. Dendooven<br> <em>Cinvestav, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Mexico City, Mexico</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0371</b><br> <a href='592.htm'><b>MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN SEDIMENTS FROM AN EXTREME ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT, RIO TINTO</b></a><br> A. Garcia-Moyano<sup>1</sup>, E. Gonzalez-Toril<sup>2</sup>, <b>R. Amils</b><sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Centro de Biologia Molecular (UAM, CSIC), Madrid, Spain, <sup>2</sup>Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC_INTA), Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0372</b><br> <a href='793.htm'><b>BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CONJUGATION IN SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY</b></a><br> <b>E. Beuls</b><sup>1</sup>, P. Modrie<sup>1</sup>, R. Van Houdt<sup>2</sup>, N. Leys<sup>2</sup>, C. Dijkstra<sup>3</sup>, O. Larkin<sup>3</sup>, J. Mahillon<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>UCL, Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, <sup>2</sup>Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Unit for Microbiology, Mol, Belgium, <sup>3</sup>University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0373</b><br> <a href='755.htm'><b>NEW THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEA AND BACTERIA AND THEIR FUNCTION IN UZON HOT SPRINGS (KAMCHATKA) </b></a><br> <b>E. Bonch-Osmolovskaya</b><br> <em>Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0374</b><br> <a href='134.htm'><b>VARIATION OF FLUCTUATIONS OF <i>ACIDITHIOBACILLUS SSP</i>. IN EFFLUENTS OF URANIUM MINE, CALDAS - MG</b></a><br> <b>M. Campos</b><br> <em>Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission, Poços de Caldas, Brazil</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0375</b><br> <a href='1276.htm'><b>MOLECULAR SIGNATURES OF FUNGI FROM TROPICAL HYPERSALINE MICROBIAL MATS</b></a><br> <b>S.A. Cantrell</b><sup>1</sup>, P. Visscher<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Universidad del Turabo, Science and Technology, Gurabo, Puerto Rico, <sup>2</sup>University of Connecticut, Center for Integrative Geosciences, Storrs, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0376</b><br> <a href='1456.htm'><b>BACTERIAL DIVERSITY IN MINERAL SOILS ASSOCIATED WITH MUMMIFIED SEALS IN THE MIERS VALLEY, EASTERN ANTARCTICA</b></a><br> <b>S.C. Cary</b><sup>1</sup>, L. Robson<sup>1</sup>, I. Mcdonald<sup>1</sup>, J. Grzymski<sup>2</sup>, R. Farrell<sup>1</sup>, D. Cowan<sup>3</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>University of Waikato, Biological Sciences, Hamilton, New Zealand, <sup>2</sup>Desert Research Institute, Reno, United States of America, <sup>3</sup>University of the Western Cape, Department of Biotechnology, Cape Town, South Africa</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0377</b><br> <a href='147.htm'><b>GLYCOSYL HYDROLASE ENZYMES OF <i>HALOTHERMOTHRIX ORENII</i> (AN EXTREMOPHILIC BACTERIUM) </b></a><br> <b>V. Chadha</b>, B. Patel<br> <em>Griffith University, School of Biomolecular and Physical Science, Brisbane, Australia</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0378</b><br> <a href='1138.htm'><b>PHYOGENETIC DIVERSITY OF PROKARYOTES IN BURLYASHCHY POOL, UZON CALDERA, KAMCHATKA</b></a><br> <b>N. Chernyh</b><sup>1</sup>, M. Miroshnichenko<sup>1</sup>, A. Mardanov<sup>2</sup>, T. Kolganova<sup>2</sup>, A. Lebedinsky<sup>1</sup>, E. Bonch-Osmolovskaya<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, <sup>2</sup>Centre  Bioengineering , Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0379</b><br> <a href='1277.htm'><b>INFLUENCE OF IMPACTS ON THE DEEP SUBSURFACE BIOSPHERE - PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE ICDP-USGS CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE DRILLING PROJECT</b></a><br> <b>C.S. Cockell</b><sup>1</sup>, M. Voytek<sup>2</sup>, A. Gronstal<sup>1</sup>, K. Finster<sup>3</sup>, J. Kirshtein<sup>2</sup>, G. Gohn<sup>2</sup>, W. Horton<sup>2</sup>, C. Koeberl<sup>4</sup>, A.-L. Reysenbach<sup>5</sup>, W. Sandford<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, <sup>2</sup>USGS, Washington, United States of America, <sup>3</sup>Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, <sup>4</sup>University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, <sup>5</sup>Portland State University, Portland, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0380</b><br> <a href='1893.htm'><b>CYANOBACTERIAL VARIABILITY AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN GEOTHERMAL VOLCANIC WATERS AND MUDS</b></a><br> <b>A. Costacurta</b><br> <em>Micromolbio Sas, Padova, Italy</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0381</b><br> <a href='2178.htm'><b>NOVEL HALOPHILIC AEROBIC ANOXYGENIC PHOTOTROPHS, INCLUDING A GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIAL REPRESENTATIVE, FROM A CANADIAN HYPERSALINE SPRING SYSTEM</b></a><br> <b>J. Csotonyi</b><sup>1</sup>, J. Swiderski<sup>2</sup>, E. Stackebrandt<sup>2</sup>, V. Yurkov<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>University of Manitoba, Microbiology, Winnipeg, Canada, <sup>2</sup>DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0382</b><br> <a href='2223.htm'><b>METAGENOMIC, PHYLOGENETIC, AND CULTURE-BASED ANALYSIS OF EXTREMELY ACIDIC CAVE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES</b></a><br> D. Jones, <b>S. Dattagupta</b>, J. Patel, J. Macalady<br> <em>The Pennsylvania State University, Geosciences, University Park, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0383</b><br> <a href='1925.htm'><b>MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN AN ULTRA-THICK MN-FE OXIDE ENCRUSTED MICROBIAL MAT FROM THE 5000 METER-DEEP OFF-AXIS HYDROTHERMAL VENT ´ULA NUI, HAWAII</b></a><br> <b>R. Davis</b><sup>1</sup>, C. Moyer<sup>2</sup>, A. Curtis<sup>2</sup>, A. Han<sup>1</sup>, H. Staudigel<sup>3</sup>, B. Tebo<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Oregon Health & Science University, Environmental & Molecular Systems, Beaverton, United States of America, <sup>2</sup>Western Washington University, Biology Department, Bellingham, United States of America, <sup>3</sup>Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, La Jolla, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0384</b><br> <a href='1539.htm'><b>UNEXPECTED AQUATIC BACTERIAL DIVERSITY IN SALINE SPRINGS IN THE ANDEAN REGION OF COLOMBIA</b></a><br> <b>C. Díaz Cárdenas</b><sup>1</sup>, G. López<sup>1</sup>, B. Patel<sup>2</sup>, S. Baena<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia, <sup>2</sup>Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0385</b><br> <a href='481.htm'><b>SCREENING OF GIANT LINEAR PLASMIDS IN ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT RARE ACTINOBACTERIA ISOLATED FROM ARGENTINEAN HIGH ALTITUDE WETLANDS</b></a><br> <b>J.R. Dib</b><sup>1</sup>, M.E. Farias<sup>1</sup>, R.T. Hill<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>PROIMI, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, <sup>2</sup>Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Columbus Center, Baltimore, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0386</b><br> <a href='1891.htm'><b>CHARACTERIZATION OF HALOARCHAEAL ISOLATES AND THEIR VIRUSES FROM SOLAR SALTERNS IN BAJA CA, MEXICO</b></a><br> <b>J. Dillon</b>, W. Jung, L. Hays, S. Sabet<br> <em>California State University, Long Beach, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Long Beach, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0387</b><br> <a href='1348.htm'><b><b>MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN AN ACID AND HYPERSALINE ECOSYSTEM IN NORTHERN CHILE</b> </b></a><br> <b>C. Dorador</b>, A. Echeverría, D. Meneses, I. Balic, G. Chong, C. Demergasso<br> <em>Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0388</b><br> <a href='778.htm'><b>PAPER MACHINES AS NOVEL HABITAT FOR HOT SPRING BACTERIA</b></a><br> <b>J. Ekman</b><sup>1</sup>, M. Raulio<sup>1</sup>, M. Kolari<sup>2</sup>, S. Jokela<sup>1</sup>, M. Salkinoja-Salonen<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Helsinki, Finland, <sup>2</sup>Kemira Inc, Kemira Pulp&Paper, Espoo, Finland</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0389</b><br> <a href='401.htm'><b>BACTERIAL DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN THE SEA ICE OF THE GULF OF BOTHNIA, BALTIC SEA</b></a><br> <b>E. Eronen</b><sup>1</sup>, J.-M. Rintala<sup>1</sup>, V.-R. Rouvinen<sup>2</sup>, C. Lyra<sup>3</sup>, H. Kaartokallio<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Helsinki, Finland, <sup>2</sup>University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, <sup>3</sup>University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, Helsinki, Finland</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0390</b><br> <a href='433.htm'><b>BACTERIAL COMPOSITION IN HIGH ALTITUDE ANDEAN WETLANDS FRESHWATER LAKES, AS DETERMINED BY DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (DGGE)</b></a><br> <b>M. Estevez</b>, O. Ordoñez, M. Flores, M. Farias<br> <em>PROIMI, S. M. de Tucumán, Argentina</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0391</b><br> <a href='1271.htm'><b>SALINITY MAJOR REGULATION OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION OF TROPICAL SHALLOW LAGOONS</b></a><br> T. Laque<sup>1</sup>, A. Rosado<sup>2</sup>, F. Esteves<sup>1</sup>, R. Bozelli<sup>1</sup>, <b>V. Farjalla</b><sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Ecology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, <sup>2</sup>Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Microbiology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0392</b><br> <a href='435.htm'><b>INCIDENCE OF UV-B ARTIFICIAL RADIATION ON BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION, IN TWO ANDEAN WETLANDS (4,400 M)</b></a><br> <b>M. Flores</b>, M. Estevez, O. Ordoñez, M. Farias<br> <em>PROIMI, S. M. de Tucumán, Argentina</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0393</b><br> <a href='437.htm'><b>EFFECT OF UV RADIATION ON BACTERIOPLANKTON COMMUNITY OF HYPERSALINE ANDEAN WETLAND (4,650 M)</b></a><br> <b>M. Flores</b>, M. Zenoff, O. Ordoñez, M. Estevez, M. Farias<br> <em>PROIMI, S. M. de Tucumán, Argentina</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0394</b><br> <a href='775.htm'><b>INITIAL COLONIZATION AND BIOFILM FORMATION OF LEACHING BACTERIA ON METAL SULFIDES STUDIED IN PURE AND MIXED CULTURES </b></a><br> <b>B. Florian</b>, N. Noel, S. Bellenberg, T. Rohwerder, W. Sand<br> <em>University Duisburg-Essen, Biofilm Centre, Aquatic Biotechnology, Duisburg, Germany</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0395</b><br> <a href='2176.htm'><b>ISOLATION OF GENES OF <i>BACILLUS BORONIPHILUS</i> THAT CONFER HIGH-BORATE TOLERANCE TO <i>E. COLI</i></b></a><br> <b>H. Fujita</b>, I. Ahmed, H. Miwa, K. Kasai, T. Fujiwara<br> <em>Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0396</b><br> <a href='598.htm'><b>DIVERSITY OF BACTERIA PRODUCING PIGMENTED COLONIES IN AEROSOL, SNOW AND SOIL SAMPLES FROM REMOTE GLACIAL AREAS (ANTARCTICA, ALPS AND ANDES)</b></a><br> <b>E. Gonzalez-Toril</b><sup>1</sup>, R. Amils<sup>2</sup>, R.J. Delmas<sup>3</sup>, J.R. Petit<sup>3</sup>, J. Komarek<sup>4</sup>, J. Elster<sup>4</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Centro de Astrobiologia, Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain, <sup>2</sup>Centro de Astrobiologia (INTA-CISC), Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain, <sup>3</sup>Environnement du CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique, St Martin d'Heres, France, <sup>4</sup>Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, TYeboH and Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Institute of Botany, eské Budjovice, Czech Republic</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0397</b><br> <a href='38.htm'><b>EXTREMOPHILE OF SHIRMACHER OASIS, ANTARCTICA</b></a><br> <b>R.K. Gupta</b><br> <em>Government Post Graduate College, Department of Botany, Rishikesh, India</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0398</b><br> <a href='654.htm'><b>AMINO LIPID PRODUCTION OF GLUCONOACETOBACTER XYLINUS AND ITS APPLICATIONS</b></a><br> <b>R. Hamano</b>, E. Yoshida, Y. Nakamura, H. Kawahara, H. Obata<br> <em>Kansai University, Life Science and Biotechnology, Suita, Japan</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0399</b><br> <a href='740.htm'><b>MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENTS AND GENE EXCHANGE AMONG BACILLUS SPP. STRAINS ISOLATED FROM THE CONCORDIA ANTARCTIC STATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION</b></a><br> S. Timmery<sup>1</sup>, X. Hu<sup>1</sup>, O. Minet<sup>1</sup>, R. Van Houdt<sup>2</sup>, M. Mergeay<sup>2</sup>, <b>J. Mahillon</b><sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>UCL, Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, <sup>2</sup>Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Unit for Microbiology, Mol, Belgium</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0400</b><br> <a href='1813.htm'><b>BACTERIAL DIVERSITY AND NOVEL HALOPHILIC BACTERIA FROM AN EXTREME HIGH ALTITUDE ANDEAN WETLAND</b></a><br> <b>R. Menes</b><sup>1</sup>, O. Ordoñez<sup>2</sup>, C. Estevez<sup>2</sup>, M. Seufferheld<sup>3</sup>, M. Farías<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Faculty of Science and Faculty of Chemistry, Microbiology, Montevideo, Uruguay, <sup>2</sup>PROIMI-CONICET, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, <sup>3</sup>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Illinois, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0401</b><br> <a href='1990.htm'><b>MICROBIAL DIVERSITY OF SODA LAKE MAGAD (TANZANIA) ASSESSED BY ISOLATION AND 16S RRNA CLONING AND SEQUENCING</b></a><br> <b>R. Menes</b>, D. Travers<br> <em>Faculty of Science and Faculty of Chemistry, Microbiology, Montevideo, Uruguay</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0402</b><br> <a href='1936.htm'><b>BACTERIA FROM SALAR DE ATACAMA PRODUCING INTERESTING COMMERCIAL COMPOUNDS: POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS (PUFA´S) AND COLD-ACTIVE ENZYMES</b></a><br> <b>D. Meneses</b>, V. Urtuvia, C. Demergasso<br> <em>Universidad Católica del Norte, Centro de Biotecnología Prof. Alberto Ruiz, Antofagasta, Chile</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0403</b><br> <a href='395.htm'><b>ARCHAEAL DIVERSITY AND PHYLOGENY OF CHAPERONE GENES IN A NEUTRAL HOT SPRING FROM ICELAND </b></a><br> <b>S. Mirete</b>, C. González de Figueras, J.E. González-Pastor<br> <em>Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0404</b><br> <a href='2193.htm'><b>NANOARCHAEAL PRESENCE IN NEW ZEALAND HOT POOLS</b></a><br> <b>H. Morgan</b>, A. Khalid<br> <em>University of Waikato, Biological Sciences, Hamilton, New Zealand</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0405</b><br> <a href='426.htm'><b>PRESENCE OF EXTREMOPHILE BACTERIA FOR MEOR IN MEXICAN HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS</b></a><br> <b>A. Muñoz-Colunga</b>, G. Castorena-Cortes, T. Roldan-Carrillo, P. Olguin-Lora, S. Lopez-Ramirez<br> <em>Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo, Mexico, D.F., Mexico</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0406</b><br> <a href='1569.htm'><b>POPULATION GENETIC ANALYSIS OF DEEP-SEA VENT EPSILON-PROTEOBACTERIA BY MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING</b></a><br> <b>S. Nakagawa</b><sup>1</sup>, H. Makita<sup>1</sup>, K. Takai<sup>1</sup>, K.-i. Nakamura<sup>2</sup>, A. Godfroy<sup>3</sup>, K. Horikoshi<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Japan-Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan, <sup>2</sup>National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan, <sup>3</sup>Ifremer, Centre de Brest, France</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0407</b><br> <a href='1710.htm'><b>METAGENOMIC: INSIGHTS ON EXTREME METABOLISM</b></a><br> <b>E. Navarro</b><sup>1</sup>, R. Scorretti<sup>2</sup>, A. Faugier<sup>1</sup>, T.M. Vogel<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Environmental Microbial Genomics, Laboratoire AMPERE, UMR CNRS 5005, IRD, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Ecully, France, <sup>2</sup>Laboratoire AMPERE, UMR CNRS 5005, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Ecully, France</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0408</b><br> <a href='1703.htm'><b>A METAGENOMIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE MOLECULAR ECOLOGY OF BAHAMIAN HYPERSALINE, ANHYDROPHILIC MICROBIAL MATS</b></a><br> <b>R. Norman</b>, B. Bey, E. Biers, A. Decho<br> <em>University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0409</b><br> <a href='429.htm'><b>BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS IN ARGENTINEAN HIGH ALTITUDE (ABOVE 4400 MASL) ANDEAN WETLANDS</b></a><br> <b>O. Ordoñez</b>, M. Estevez, M. Flores, J. Dib, M. Farias<br> <em>PROIMI, S. M. de Tucumán, Argentina</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0410</b><br> <a href='1849.htm'><b>AMMONIA-OXIDIZING MICROORGANISMS IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE, UTAH</b></a><br> <b>J. Parnell</b><sup>1</sup>, G. Rompato<sup>2</sup>, J. Norton<sup>3</sup>, B. Weimer<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Utah State University, Department of Biology and Ecology Center, Logan, United States of America, <sup>2</sup>Utah State University, Center for Integrated BioSystems, Logan, United States of America, <sup>3</sup>Utah State University, Department of Plant, Soils and Climate, Logan, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0411</b><br> <a href='1112.htm'><b>DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF CRENARCHAEOTA IN TERRESTRIAL HOT SPRINGS OF RUSSIA</b></a><br> <b>A. Perevalova</b>, A. Lebedinsky, E. Bonch-Osmolovskaya<br> <em>Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0412</b><br> <a href='1757.htm'><b>THE IMPACT OF UVA RADIATION ON BACTERIA AND CHLOROPHYLL-A IN BALTIC SEA ICE</b></a><br> <b>J. Piiparinen</b><sup>1</sup>, J. Uusikivi<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Helsinki, Finland, <sup>2</sup>University of Helsinki, Division of Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysics, Helsinki, Finland</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0413</b><br> <a href='1628.htm'><b>ARCHAEAL LIPIDS IN CALIFORNIA HOT SPRING: DEAD OR ALIVE?</b></a><br> <b>A. Pitcher</b>, E.C. Hopmans, F. Peterse, S. Schouten, J.S. Sinninghe Damsté<br> <em>Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, Den Burg, Netherlands</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0414</b><br> <a href='1728.htm'><b>DIVERSITY</b><b> OF ANAEROBIC THERMOACIDOPHILES FROM </b><b>CONTINENTAL HOT SPRINGS OF KAMCHATKA (RUSSIA)</b></a><br> <b>M. Prokofeva</b>, I. Rusanov, T. Tourova, E. Bonch-Osmolovskaya<br> <em>Institute of Microbiology Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russian Federation</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0415</b><br> <a href='1854.htm'><b>MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY OFTHE GREAT SALT LAKE</b></a><br> <b>G. Rompato</b>, J. Parnell, B. Ganesan, B. Weimer<br> <em>Utah State Unversity, Center for Integrated BioSystems, Logan, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0416</b><br> <a href='66.htm'><b>MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES INHABITING SUBMARINE ASPHALT FLOWS IN THE DEEP OF THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO</b></a><br> <b>D. Santillano</b>, K. Knittel, A. Ramette, G. Wegener, A. Boetius<br> <em>Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0417</b><br> <a href='159.htm'><b>MICROBIAL DIVERSITY OF EXTREME THERMAL SPRING (MANIKARAN) IN INDIA</b></a><br> <b>A. Singh</b><br> <em>NBAIM (ICAR), Micribial Diversity Lab, Mau, India</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0418</b><br> <a href='330.htm'><b>METHANOGENESIS AT 122 °C UNDER HIGH PRESSURE PRODUCES ISOTOPICALLY ´ABNORMAL´ METHANE</b></a><br> <b>K. Takai</b><sup>1</sup>, K. Nakamura<sup>2</sup>, T. Toki<sup>3</sup>, U. Tsunogai<sup>4</sup>, M. Miyazaki<sup>1</sup>, J. Miyazaki<sup>1</sup>, H. Hirayama<sup>1</sup>, T. 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Valle<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>University of Padua, CRIBI Biotechnology Center, Padua, Italy, <sup>2</sup>UNSW, BABS, Sydney, Australia, <sup>3</sup>UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, United States of America</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0420</b><br> <a href='2052.htm'><b>BACTERIAL DIVERSITY OF ALKALINE EPIGLACIAL LAKES OF THE FRAMNES MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA</b></a><br> <b>J. Twin</b><sup>1</sup>, J.A.E. Gibson<sup>2</sup>, J.P. Bowman<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>University of Tasmania, Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, School of Agricultural Science, Hobart, Australia, <sup>2</sup>University of Tasmania, Insititute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, Hobart, Australia</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0421</b><br> <a href='1026.htm'><b>GENETIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF TETRAGENOCOCCUS HALOPHILUS STRAINS ISOLATED FROM EXTREMELY SUCROSE- AND SALT-RICH FOOD </b></a><br> A. Justé<sup>1</sup>, B. Lievens<sup>1</sup>, I. Frans<sup>2</sup>, T.L. 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Tourova<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, <sup>2</sup>Bioengineering Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0423</b><br> <a href='430.htm'><b>INCIDENCE OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION (UVR) ON CYCLOBUTANE PYRIMIDINE DIMERS ACCUMULATION (CPDS) AND BACTERIOPLANKTON COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN A PRISTINE HIGH ALTITUDE ARGENTINEAN ANDEAN WETLAND</b></a><br> <b>M. Zenoff</b>, M. Flores, M. Estevez, M. Farias<br> <em>PROIMI, S. M. de Tucumán, Argentina</em><br> </p> <p> <b>0424</b><br> <a href='929.htm'><b>EXTREMOPHILIC PROTISTS IN THE RIO TINTO; PHYSIOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION, AND DIVERSITY</b></a><br> <b>E. Zettler</b><sup>1</sup>, R. Amils<sup>2</sup>, C. Palacios<sup>3</sup>, A. Aguilera<sup>4</sup>, V. Souza-Egipsy<sup>4</sup>, L. 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