*Thomas L. Kieft¹, Alba Gomez-Arias², Julio Castillo Hernandez³, Devan Nisson⁴, Hiroshi Ogasawara⁵, Yasuo Yabe⁶ (1.Biology Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2.Chemistry Department, University of the Free State, 3.Microbial Biochemical and Food Biotechnology Department, University of the Free State, 4.NASA Ames Research Center, 5.College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 6.Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)