An Unusual Inverted Saline Microbial Mat Community in an Interdune Sabkha in the Rub' al Khali (the Empty Quarter), United Arab Emirates

• Christopher P. McKay ,

  * E-mail: Chris.McKay@NASA.gov

  Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

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• Jon C. Rask,

  Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

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• Angela M. Detweiler,

  Affiliations NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Petaluma, California, United States of America

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• Brad M. Bebout,

  Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

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• R. Craig Everroad,

  Affiliations NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Petaluma, California, United States of America

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• Jackson Z. Lee,

  Affiliations NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Petaluma, California, United States of America

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• Jeffrey P. Chanton,

  Affiliation Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

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• Marisa H. Mayer,

  Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

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• Adrian A. L. Caraballo,

  Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

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• Bennett Kapili,

  Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

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• Meshgan Al-Awar,

  Affiliation Research and Studies Center, Dubai Police Academy, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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• Asma Al-Farraj

  Affiliation Geography Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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