Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Staphylococcus succinus strain CSM-77. This moderately halophilic bacterium was isolated from the surface of a halite sample obtained from a Triassic salt mine.

Fluid release from dehydration reactions is considered to have significant effects on the strength and dynamics of tectonic faults at convergent plate boundaries. It classically assumed that production fluid leads increased pore pressures perturb a fault's stress state thereby facilitates enhances deformation. This important assumption has never been supported by direct microstructural observat...

Knowing the occurrence and distribution of soluble ionic salts allows us to model the aqueous history and geochemical conditions of surface solutions on Mars. Salts deposited as coatings are particularly important for attaining this knowledge because the thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing method for determining mineral abundance is limited to the top few hundred micrometers of the surface. T...

Abstract Halite formations are attractive geothermal reservoirs due to their high heat conductivity, resulting in higher temperatures than other at similar depths. However, halite highly reactive with undersaturated water. An understanding of the geochemical reactions that occur within halite-saturated formation waters can inform decision making regarding well construction, prevention clogging,...

Halophilic archaebacteria (Haloarchaea) can survive extreme desiccation, starvation and radiation, sometimes apparently for millions of years. Several of the strategies that are involved appear specific for Haloarchaea (for example, the formation of halomucin, survival in fluid inclusions of halite), and some are known from other prokaryotes (dwarfing of cells, reduction of ATP). Several newly-...

Irene Zhang started her presentation by explaining that checkpointing is similar to “suspend,” but while taking a checkpoint, the virtual machine can continue its execution. Because checkpointing is used for fault tolerance, taking a checkpoint can be done quickly, in less than a few seconds; restoring from the checkpoint, although slow, hasn’t been a problem; however, recent applications, such...

Introduction: The search for life on Mars involves many potential strategies for the analysis in situ of surface samples or the analysis of returned samples in a controlled environment, in particular analyses seek evidence of tangible life and/or biomolecules. It is important to develop mineralogical standards suitable for testing the techniques that will be used for these analyses. Evaporites ...