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Rocco Mancinelli

Scientific Papers

 

Edwards, H. G. M., C. A. Moody, S. E. Jorge Villar, and R. Mancinelli, 2004. Raman specroscopy of desert varnishes and their rock substrata.  J. Raman Spec 35:475-479

 

Mancinelli, R.  L.  2004. Microbail life in brines, evaporitesand saline sediments:  The search for life on Mars. In Water on Mars and Life, T. Tokano, ed., Springer, In press.

 

Mancinelli, R. L., T. F. Fahlen, R. Landheim, and M. R. Klovstad.  2004. Brines and Evaporites analogs for martian Life.  Adv. Space Res. 33:1244-1246.

 

Bishop J. L., Murad E., Lane M. D., and Mancinelli R. L. 2004 Multiple techniques for mineral identification on Mars: A study of hydrothermal rocks as potential analogues for astrobiology sites on Mars. Icarus 169, 331-323

 

Schuerger, A. C., R. L. Mancinelli, R. G. Kern, L. J. Rothschild, and C. P. McKay. 2003. Survival of endospores of Bacillus subtilis on spacecraft surfaces under simulated martian environments:  Implications for the forward contamination of Mars.  Icarus, 165: 253-276.

 

Mancinelli, R.  L., , and A Banin.  2003 Where is the nitrogen on Mars?  Int. J. Astrobio. 2(3): 27-225.

 

Mancinelli, R. L., 2003. What good is nitrogen:  An evolutionary perspective.  In Evolution on Planet Earth, the Impact of the Physical Environment. L. J. Rothschild and A. M. Lister eds., Academic Press, London, UK. Pp., 25-34.

 

Mancinelli, R. L., 2003. Planetary protection and the search for life beneath the surface of Mars, Adv Space Res, 31(1): 103-107.

 

Bernstein, M.P., P. Rettberg, R. L. Mancinelli, and M. S. Race (eds).  2002.Space Life Sciences: Extraterrestrial Organic Chemistry, UV Radiation on Biological Evolution, and Planetary protection. Advances in Space Research vol., 30. (6), Pergamon, Elsevier, United Kingdom.

 

Bishop J. L., Banin A., Mancinelli R. L., Klovstad M. R. (2001) Detection of soluble and fixed NH4+ in clay minerals by DTA and IR reflectance spectroscopy: A potential tool for planetary surface exploration. Planetary Space Science,50:11-19..

 

Rothschild, L. J., and R. L. Mancinelli.  2001.  Life in extreme environments. Nature, 409:1092-1101..

 

Reysenbach, A-L., M. Voytek, and R. L. Mancinelli  (eds).  2001. Thermophiles: Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution.  Pp. 205 Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. 

 

Mancinelli, R. L.  2000.  Accessing the Martian deep sub-surface to search for life. Planet. Space Sci., 48:1035-1043.

 

Mancinelli, R. L., and M. R. Klovstad. 2000. Martian soil and UV radiation: Microbial viability assessment.  Planet. Space Sci., 48: 1093-1097.

 

Smernoff, D. T. , R. L. Mancinelli, and C. C. Blackwell. 2000. Controlling Microbial Byproducts Using Model-based Substrate Monitoring and Control Strategies, SAE 2000-00ICES-173.

 

Smernoff, D. T., R. L. Mancinelli, and M. R. White 1999.Analysis and Control of Denitrification in a Microbial Bioreactor.  ICES, 01:2067

 

Horneck, G., D. D. Wynn-Williams, R. L. Mancinelli, J. Cadet, N. Munakata, G. Ronoó, H. G. M. Edwards, B. Hock, H. Wänke, G. Reitz, T Dachev, D. P. Hader, and C. Brioullet.  1999.  Biological Experiments on the Expose Facility of the International Space Station.  Proc. 2nd Europ., Symp. Of ISS. ESA SP-433: 459-468.

 

Mancinelli, R. L., D. T. Smernoff, and M. R. White.  1999.  Controlling denitrification in closed artificial ecosystems Adv. Space Res. 24(3):329-334

 

          Smernoff, D. T., and R. L. Mancinelli.  1999. Development of autonomous control in a closed microbial bioreactor. Adv. Space Res.  24(3):319-328.

 

Bishop J. L., Fröschl H. and R. L. Mancinelli.  1998. Alteration processes in volcanic soils and identification of exobiologically important weathering products on Mars using remote sensing. J. Geophys. Res. 103, 31,457-31,476.

 

Mancinelli, R. L. 1998.  Prospects for the evolution of life on Mars: Viking 20 years later.  Adv. Space Res.  22(3): 471-477.        

 

Mancinelli, R. L., L. J. Rothschild, and M. R. White.  1998.  Biopan-survival-I: Exposure of the osmophiles Synechococcus (Nägeli) sp. and Haloarcula sp. to the space environment. Adv. Space Res. 22(3):327-334..

 

Mancinelli, R. L. and M. R. White.  1997.  UV-A and UV-B influence N2O emissions from Denitrification in the Marine Intertidal.  Proc. 7th. Int.      Symp. on N2O emissions.  Berguscge Universität Gesamthochschule,   Wuppertal, Germany. pp. 217-222.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L., M. R. White, and A. Banin. 1997.  The search for N on Mars:          Mineralogical analysis of ammonium in clays by DTA/GC. LPI/TR-97-07, Part 2., pp 814-815..

 

          Mancinelli, R. L.  1996.  The nature of nitrogen: An overview.  Life Support Biosph. Sci. 3:17-24.

 

          Litaor, M. I., R. L. Mancinelli, J. C. Halfpenny.  1996.  The influence of pocket gophers on the status of nutrients in Alpine soils.  Geoderma, 70: 37-48.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L.. 1996.  The search for nitrogen compounds on the surface of Mars.   Adv. Space Res., 18(12):241-248.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L., and M. R. White.  1996.  Mineralogical analysis of desert varnish by DTA/GC:  Applicability to the exobiology of Mars.  LPI/TR-96-07, Part 2., pp 803-804.

         

          Mancinelli, R. L. 1995. The regulation of methane oxidation in soil.  Ann. Rev. Microbiol.  49:581-605.

 

          Bishop, J. L, C. M. Pieters, R. G. Burns, J. O. Edwards, R. L. Mancinelli, and H. Fröschl.  1995.  Reflectance spectroscopy of ferric sulfate - doped montmorillonites as Mars soil analog materials.  Icarus. 117: 101-119.

         

          Banin, A., and R. L. Mancinelli.  1995.  Life on Mars?  I. The chemical environment.  Adv. Space Res.  15:(3) 163-170.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L. and A. Banin.  1995.  Life on Mars? II. Physical restrictions.  Adv. Space. Res.,  15:(3)171-178.

 

          Kerridge, J., D. DesMarais, R. K. Khanna, R. L. Mancinelli, G. McDonald, F. R. di Broollo, and T. Wodiak.  1995.  Carbon based compounds and exobiology.  In: Planetary Instruments, C. Meyer, A. H. Treiman, and T. Kostiuk eds.  LPI/TR-95-05: 85-96.

         

          Schwartz, D. E., R. L. Mancinelli, and M. R. White.  1995.  Search for life on Mars:  Evaluation of techniques. Adv. Space Res.,  15:(3)202-208.

 

            Wharton, R. A. Jr., M. A. Meyer, C. P. McKay, R. L. Mancinelli, and G. M. Simmons, Jr.  1994.  Sediment oxygen profiles in a super-oxygenated Antarctic lake.  Limnol. Oceanog.    39:839-853.

 

            Rothschild, L. J., L. J. Giver, M. R. White and R. L. Mancinelli. 1994. Metabolic activity of microorganisms in gypsum-halite crusts. J. Phyc. 30:431-438.

         

          Oberbeck, V. R., and R. L. Mancinelli.  1994.  Asteroid impacts, microbes, and cooling of the atmosphere after 4.4 Ga.  Bioscience.  44:173-177.

 

          Banin, A., T. Ben-Shlomo, L. Margulies, D. R. Blake, R. L. Mancinelli, and A. U. Gehring.  1993. The nanophase iron mineral(s) in Mars soil.  J. Geophys. Res.(Planets).  98:20831-20853.

           

            Mancinelli, R. L. 1992. The Nitrogen Cycle. In: J. Lederberg (ed.), Encyclopedia of Microbiology.  Academic Press. 3:356-377.

 

          McKay, C. P., R. L. Mancinelli, C. R. Stoker, and R. A. Wharton. 1992. The possibility of early life on Mars during a water rich past. In: H. Kieffer (ed.), Mars, University of Arizona Press, pp. 1234-1248.

 

          Mancinelli R. L. and M. R. White, 1992.  In Situ identification of the Martian surface Material and its interaction with the Martian atmosphere using DTA/GC.  LPI/TR-92-07, Part 1., pp 12-13.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L., J. R. Marshall, and M. R. White.  1992.  Analyses of exobiological and potential resource materials in the Martian soil.  Adv. Space Res. 12:111-116.

 

          Schwartz, D. E., R. L. Mancinelli, and E. S. Kaneshiro.  1992. The use of mineral crystals as bio-markers in the search for life on Mars.  Adv. Space Res. 12:117-119

 

          Schwartzkoff, S. H., and R. L. Mancinelli.  1991.  Germination and growth of wheat in simulated Martian atmospheres.  Acta. Ast.  25:245-247.

 

            Rothschild, L. J., and R. L. Mancinelli. 1990. A model for the evolution of carbon fixation in microbial mats, 3500 million  years ago to the present. Nature 345:710-712.

 

          Kanavarioti, A, and R. L. Mancinelli. 1990. Could organic matter have been preserved on Mars for 3.5 billion years? Icarus. 84:196-202.

         

          Stoker, C. R., P. J. Boston, R. L. Mancinelli, W. Segal, B. N. Khare, and C. Sagan. 1990.  Microbial metabolism of tholin. Icarus. 85:241-256.

 

          Wharton, R. A., C. P. McKay, R.  L. Mancinelli, and G. M. Simmons, Jr. 1989. Early Martian Environments: The Antarctic and other terrestrial analogs. Adv. Space Res. 9:175-179.

 

          Rothschild, L. J. and R. L. Mancinelli. 1989. Microbial mats as a model system for the early evolution of carbon metabolism. Origins of Life. 19:413-414.

 

          Schwartz, D. E., and R. L. Mancinelli. 1989. Bio-markers and the search for extinct life on Mars. Adv. Space Res. 9:155-158.

 

           Klingler, J. M., R. L. Mancinelli, and M. R. White. 1989. Biological nitrogen fixation under primordial Martian partial pressures of dinitrogen. Adv. Space Res.  9:173-176.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L. 1989. Peroxides and the survivability of microorganisms on the surface of Mars. Adv. Space Res.. 9:191-195.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L., and C. P. McKay. 1988. Evolution of Nitrogen Cycling. Origins of Life 18:311-325.

 

          Wharton, R. A., Jr., C. P. McKay, R. L. Mancinelli, and G. M. Simmons, Jr. 1987. Perennial N2  supersaturation in an Antarctic lake. Nature. 325: 343-345.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L., and W. Segal.  1987. Extent of regeneration of the microbial community in reclaimed spent oil shale land.  J. Environ. Qual. 16: 44-48.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L. 1986.  Alpine tundra soil bacterial responses to increased soil loading rates of acid precipitation, nitrate, and sulfate. Arc. Alp. Res. 18:269-275.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L., S. E. Cronin, and L. I. Hochstein.  1986. Purification and properties of a cd-cytochrome nitric-oxide producing nitrite reductase from Paracoccus halodenitrificans. Arch. Microbiol. 145:202-208.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L., and L. I. Hochstein. 1986. The occurrence of denitrification in extremely halophilic bacteria. FEMS Letters 35: 55-58.

 

          Mancinelli, R. L., and C. P. McKay. 1985. Methane-oxidizing bacteria in sanitary landfills.  In: A. Antonoupoulos (ed.), First Symposium on Biotechnological Advances in Processing Municipal Wastes for Fuels and Chemicals. pp. 437-450, Noyes Press, New Jersey.

 

          Mancinelli. R. L. 1984. Population dynamics of alpine tundra soil bacteria. Arc. Alp. Res. 16: 185-192.

 

           Mancinelli, R. L., and C. P. McKay. 1983. Effects of nitric-oxide and nitrogen dioxide on bacterial growth. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 46:198-202.

 

           Shulls, W. A., and R. L. Mancinelli. 1982. Comparative study of metabolic activities in three ecoregions of the Colorado Front Range, U. S. A. Arc. Alp. Res. 14: 53-58.

 

           Mancinelli, R. L., W. A. Shulls, and C. P. McKay.  1981. Methanol-oxidizing bacteria used as an index of soil methane content. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 42: 70-73.

 

           Mancinelli, R. L., and W. A. Shulls.  1978. Airborne bacteria in an urban environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.  35: 1095-1101.

 

 

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           Mancinelli, Rocco, "Exploring Everything: An Astrobiologist's Life," SPACE.com, March 13, 2003.

 

 

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