Biomorphic forms in carbonaceous meteorite Alliende and possible ecological system as producer of organic matter of chondrites

Stanislav I. Zhmur; Lyudmila M. Gerasimenko

doi:10.1117/12.375086

30 December 1999 Biomorphic forms in carbonaceous meteorite Alliende and possible ecological system as producer of organic matter of chondrites

Stanislav I. Zhmur, Lyudmila M. Gerasimenko

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Proceedings Volume 3755, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology II; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.375086
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The article deals with paleomicrobiological analyses of litified remnants of microbial organisms from carbon hondrites of Murchison, Efremovka and Alliende meteorites as well as general analyses of mineral composition of carbon meteorites. On the basis of this analyses the assumption is made that the cyanobacterial community (mat) from hydrothermal areas of active volcanic zone was most likely to be the ancient ecological system on space objects. It has been demonstrated that hydrothermal process has been exerting great influence on transformation of primary hyperacidites mineral matrix and on biogenic carbon substance. The article presents the results of the analyses of microphotos of lunar regolith particles published earlier, which confirmed that lunar rock contains fossilized remnants of microbial organisms, that most probably had been functioning in hydrothermal springs.

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Stanislav I. Zhmur and Lyudmila M. Gerasimenko "Biomorphic forms in carbonaceous meteorite Alliende and possible ecological system as producer of organic matter of chondrites", Proc. SPIE 3755, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology II, (30 December 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.375086

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