IPBSL

Science and technology development for in situ detection and cjharacterization of subsurface life on the Iberian Pyritic Belt

Coordinatore	INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Totale costo	3˙246˙000 €
EC contributo	3˙246˙000 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2009-AdG
Funding Scheme	ERC-AG
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-06-01   -   2015-05-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BRAUNSCHWEIG  Organization address address: POCKELSSTRASSE 14 city: BRAUNSCHWEIG postcode: 38106 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Dieter Cognome: Jahn Email: send email Telefono: 495314000000 Fax: 495314000000	DE (BRAUNSCHWEIG)	beneficiary	529˙248.00
2	INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL  Organization address address: Carretera de Ajalvir, Km. 4 city: TORREJON DE ARDOZ - MADRID postcode: 28850 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: María Paz Cognome: Blanco Temprano Email: send email Telefono: -5201747 Fax: -5201669	ES (TORREJON DE ARDOZ - MADRID)	hostInstitution	2˙716˙752.00
3	INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL  Organization address address: Carretera de Ajalvir, Km. 4 city: TORREJON DE ARDOZ - MADRID postcode: 28850 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Ricardo Cognome: Amils Pibernat Email: send email Telefono: 34915206414 Fax: 34911964555	ES (TORREJON DE ARDOZ - MADRID)	hostInstitution	2˙716˙752.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Terrestrial subsurface geomicrobiology is a matter of growing interest on many level. From a fundamental point of view, it seeks to determine wheter life can be sustained in the absence of radiation. From an astrobiological point of view, it is an interesting model for early life on Earth, as well as a representation of life as it could occur in other planetary bodies. Río Tinto is an unusual extreme acidic environment, it rises in the core of the Iberian Pyritic Belt (IPB), one of the biggest sulfidic ore deposits in the world. Today it is clear that the extreme characteristics of Ró Tinto are not due to mining activity, but to the chemolithotrophic microorganisms thriving in the high concentration of metal sulfides of the IPB. To explore the hypothesis that a continuous underground reactor of chemolithotrophic microorganisms thriving in the rich sulfidic minerals of the IPB is responsible for the extreme conditions found in the river, we propose a drilling project to detect the subsurface microbial activity, the potential resources to support these microbial communities, and to follow the in situ geomicrobiological evolution in real time. In this project, we propose to explore the Río Tinto at deep-basement regions (200-1000 m) by means of new approaches comprising: i) detection of life and estimation of the microbial diversity at the drilling sites providing an instant picture of the subsurface habitat, and ii) real time monitoring, inside the borehole, of physico-chemical parameters and biological activity generating essential information to recognize matter and energy fluxes. All these procesess are associated to long-term changes in the underground habitats and are not fully understood based on seasonal discontinuous subsurface analysis. To achieve these goals we will analize cores and fluids in the field site using new and poweful tools.'