Detection of mineral products following fe(iii) oxide reduction by a thermophilic autotrophic bacterium using reflectance spectroscopies

THERMOPHILIC AUTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM USING REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPIES. D. A. Leopo1, E. C. Sklute2, K. A. Neat3, J. F. Holden1, M. D. Dyar2,3, 1Dept.of Microbiology, Univ. of Massachusetts, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, dleopo@umass.edu, 2Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Tucson, AZ 85719, 3Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St., South Hadley, MA. 01075.