Gaboyer, F. and Le Milbeau, C. and Bohmeier, M. and Schwendner, P. and Vannier, P. and Beblo-Vranesevic, K. and Rabbow, E. and Foucher, F. and Gautret, P. and Guegan, R. and Richard, A. and Sauldubois, A. and Richmann, P. and Perras, A. K. and Moissl-Eichinger, C. and Cockell, C. S. and Rettberg, P. and Marteinsson, and Monaghan, E. and Ehrenfreund, P. and Garcia-Descalzo, L. and Gomez, F. and Malki, M. and Amils, R. and Cabezas, P. and Walter, N. and Westall, F. (2017) Mineralization and Preservation of an extremotolerant Bacterium Isolated from an Early Mars Analog Environment. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7: 8775. ISSN 2045-2322,
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The artificial mineralization of a polyresistant bacterial strain isolated from an acidic, oligotrophic lake was carried out to better understand microbial (i) early mineralization and (ii) potential for further fossilisation. Mineralization was conducted in mineral matrixes commonly found on Mars and Early-Earth, silica and gypsum, for 6 months. Samples were analyzed using microbiological (survival rates), morphological (electron microscopy), biochemical (GC-MS, Microarray immunoassay, Rock-Eval) and spectroscopic (EDX, FTIR, RAMAN spectroscopy) methods. We also investigated the impact of physiological status on mineralization and long-term fossilisation by exposing cells or not to Mars-related stresses (desiccation and radiation). Bacterial populations remained viable after 6 months although the kinetics of mineralization and cell-mineral interactions depended on the nature of minerals. Detection of biosignatures strongly depended on analytical methods, successful with FTIR and EDX but not with RAMAN and immunoassays. Neither influence of stress exposure, nor qualitative and quantitative changes of detected molecules were observed as a function of mineralization time and matrix. Rock-Eval analysis suggests that potential for preservation on geological times may be possible only with moderate diagenetic and metamorphic conditions. The implications of our results for microfossil preservation in the geological record of Earth as well as on Mars are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | BLUE-GREEN-ALGAE; EXPERIMENTAL SILICIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL FOSSILIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DIAGENESIS; MOLECULAR PRESERVATION; EXTREMOPHILIC ARCHAEA; RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY; MERIDIANI-PLANUM; ARCHEAN CHERTS; ATACAMA DESERT; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie > Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2018 13:16 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2019 13:21 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/1385 |
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