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1. J. SECKBACH, L.BOGORAD and W.J.McILRATH. Xanthinin deacylase ‑ A new enzyme from Xanthium. Plant Physiol. Supp. 41:LXVII (1966).    

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2. J. SECKBACH. Electron microscopical studies on the formation of phytoferritin as influenced by iron supply to iron deficient bean plants. Plant Physiol. 42:S27 (l967).

 

3. J. SECKBACH. Studies on plant ferritin of beans and Xanthium. Plant Physiol. 43: S6 (1968).

 

4. J. SECKBACH. Life in pure CO2. 1.Growth of algae at room temperature  under 1 atmosphere of CO2. Plant Physiol.Sup. 44:15 (1969).

 

5. J. SECKBACH and W.F. LIBBY, Life in pure CO2. 2. Studies with thermophilic algae grown at elevated temperatures and under 1 atmosphere of CO2. Plant Physiol. supp. 44:15 (1969).

 

6. J. SECKBACH and W.F. LIBBY, Life on Venus? or algae which grow in pure CO2 in acid media at elevated temperature. XI International Botanical Congress. Seattle,Wash. abstract book p.195 (August 1969).

 

7. J. SECKBACH, M.B. NATHAN and H. GROSS, On algal ubiquity: Studies with acidophilic thermophiles adapted to a CO2 atmosphere at elevated temperatures and pressures. J. Protozool.(Supp) 17: 28 (1970).

 

8. I.S. HAMMERMAN, J. SECKBACH and J. HANANIA. Crystalline arrays in cultured  insect cells. Proc. of the 13th Sci. Meet. of the Israel Society of Electron Microscopy (March 20,1979) p.15. 1979.

 

9. J. SECKBACH and M.KESSEL, Viral lamellae and crystalline vesicles in Drosophila cell line. Proc. of the 15th Sci. Meeting of the Israel Society for Electron Microscopy (May 21, 1981) p.14 (1981).

 

10. J. SECKBACH and J.F.FREDRICK, Separate evolutionary origins of Rhodophyceae and Chlorophyceae via Cyanidium caldarium and Glaucocystis nostochinearum as transition or "Bridge" algae, Proc. of the 15th Sci. Meeting of the Israel Society for Electron Microscopy (May 21, 1981) p.14 (1981).

 

11. J. SECKBACH, Ferreting out the secrets of plant ferritin ‑ a review. Abstract for the proceed. of the Int. Symp. Iron Nut. and interactions in plants. Provo, Utah, U.S.A. (August. 1981).

 

12. J. SECKBACH and J.F.FREDRICK. Biphyletic origins of Rhodophyceae and algae  Chlorophyceae: Cyanidium caldarium and Glaucocystis as Bridge algae. XIII International Bot. Congr. 13: 333 (1981).

 

13. J. SECKBACH and J.F.FREDRICK, Cyanidium ‑ Auto or exogenic origin of a transitional alga: an appraisal. Abstract for the second Interntl Colloquium on Endocytobiology (Tübingen, Germany, 4/1983).

 

14. J.F. FREDRICK and J. SECKBACH, Intraspecies Evolution in the Cyanidiophyceae: A bridge group between the prokaryotic Cyanobacteria and the eukaryotic Rhodophyceae. Origins of Life, ISSOL Conference, Mainz, Germany. (1983).

 

15. J. SECKBACH, Evolution of eukaryotic cells via Bridge algae. The Cyanidia connection. Abstract, presented as an invited paper to the conference on Endocytobiology III. The New York Acad.Sci. see: Endocytobiosis Cell Res. 3:367 (1986).

 

16. J. SECKBACH and J.F.FREDRICK, Origin of nucleated cells: a possible non‑symbiotic pathway via autogenous transitional stages linking the Pro-Eukaryota through the Prerhodophyta ‑ a new algal taxon  positioned between the red and blue‑green algae. fifth ISSOL meeting and eighth Intl. Conference on the Origin of Life at the Univer. of California at Berkeley. July 1986. Origins of Life 16:(3/4) 356‑357 (l986).

 

17. J. SECKBACH, E. RAHAMIM and J.F. FREDRICK, Non‑Cytosymbiosis in Eukaryotic Evolution: Cyanidioschyzon, Cyanidium and Galdieria as Indigenous Prerhodophyta Connecting Cyanobacteria and Rhodophyta. abstract 5‑155 (p.321). International Botanical Congress. Berlin. F.R. Germany (1987).

 

18. H. NAGASHIMA, J. SECKBACH and I. FUKUDA, The Cell Structure of a Hot Spring Alga Cyanidioschyzon. 12th Ann. Meeting Japanese Soc. of Phycology. Japan. J. of Phycol. 36:100 (1988).

 

19. J. SECKBACH, Origin of eukaryotic life ‑ the Cyanidia model for algal nonsymbiotic Evolution. Viva Origino 16 (No.3): 179 (1988). An invited Lecture, the 13th Annual Meeting of the SSOEL‑JAPAN at the Inter-University Seminar House of Kansai. July 25‑27 (1988).

 

20. J. SECKBACH, Autogenous eukaryogenesis: contradiction or completion of endosymbiotic evolution. Abstract for the IVth Intl. Colloquium on Endocytobiology and Symbiosis. (Lyon, France. July 1989).

 

21. FUKUDA, H. NAGASHIMA and J.SECKBACH, DNA content and the evolution of information in the nucleus and nucleoids of the lowest eukaryote. Abstract for the Ivth Intl. Colloquium on Endocytobiology and Symbiosis (Lyon, France. July 1989).

 

22. J. SECKBACH, Origin of plant cells: Red algal eukaryogenesis via the Cyanidiales. in: The Origins of Life. Abstracts (the sixth ISSOL Meeting and 9th International Conference. Prague, Czechoslovakia, July 1989. pp. 212‑213 (1989).

 

23. J. SECKBACH, Are the acidothermophilic algae {Cyanidioschyzon merolae, Cyanidium caldarium, Galdieria sulphuraria (Cyanidiophyceae)} presenting phylogenetic transitional steps toward Rhodophyta?. Abstract to the Phycological Society of America. June 24‑28, 1990. College Park MD. Abstract number 62. in J. Phycology. Suppl. 26: 18 (1990).

 

24. J. SECKBACH, E. GONZALEZ, I.WAINRIGHT and W. GROSS, Peroxisomes in the Cyanidiophyceae. Abstract to the Phycological Society of America. June 24‑28, 1990. College Park (MD). J. Phycolog. Suppl. 26:18, Abstract # 63 (1990).

 

25. FUKUDA, H. NAGASHIMA and J. SECKBACH, How Cyanidioschyzon evolved. Abstract to the International Symbiosis Congress. Jerusalem, November 17-22 (1991).

 

26. J. SECKBACH, H. NAGASHIMA and I. FUKUDA, Further studies with the thermo-acidophilic algae (Cyanidiophyceae, rhodophytes): Special references to phylogeny, plastid genome, ethylene, catalase activity and ultrastructural observations. Abstract to the Intl. Symbiosis Congress. Jerusalem, Israel. November 17‑22 (1991).

 

27. J. F. FREDRICK and J. SECKBACH, Eukaryogenesis in primitive cells: Polyglucan synthesis in the Cyanidiophyceae (Rhodophyta) as a possible evolutional tracer. Abstract to the Intl. Symbiosis Congress. Jerusalem, November 17‑22 (1991).

 

28. H. NAGASHIMA, K. UEKI, I. FUKUDA and J. SECKBACH, Further investigation of several new strains of thermal alga Cyanidioschyzon as one of the most primitive eukaryotes. Endocytobiology V held in Uji (Kyoto, Japan) June 1992.

 

29. J. SECKBACH, R.IKAN, H. NAGASHIMA and I.FUKUDA. A new phylogenetic proposal for the hot spring algae: A symbiotic origin for Cyanidioschyzon (the lowest eukaryotic alga) and autogenous evolution for Cyanidium and Galdieria (Cyanidiophyceae, Prerhodophyta) as based on several evolutionary markers including recent sterol content. Endocytobiology V held in Uji (Kyoto, Japan) June 1992.

 

30. J. SECKBACH, R. IKAN and F. D. OTT. Mini-review and a new taxonomic proposal for the Cyanidiophyceae (Rhodophyta). Presented to the Israel Botanical Society Meeting 2/1993. Israel J. Botany 41(4-6):319 (1992).

 

31. J. SECKBACH, R. IKAN, F.D. OTT, H. NAGASHIMA and I. FUKUDA. A novel taxonomic proposal, ultrastructure and sterol content of thermophilic algae: Cyanidium caldarium, Galdieria sulphuraria, Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Abst. # 1105 for the XV Interntl. Bot. Congress, Yokohama, Japan (8/1993). 

 

32. H. NAGASHIMA, I. FUKUDA and J. SECKBACH. Phylogeny of several thermoacidophilic unicellular algae. Abst. #1110 for the XV Interntl. Bot. Congress, Yokohama, Japan 8/1993.

 

33. J. SECKBACH and F.D. OTT. Reclassification and phylogenetic status of Cyanidum caldarium and its related algae.  Abstract #106 for the 1995 meeting of the Phycological Society of America at Colorado (6-10 aug. 1995). J. Phycology 31: 20 (1995).

 

34. J. SECKBACH, Biological aspects of the origin of life: The eukaryogenetic models. The Cyril Ponnamperuma Memorial  Trieste Cnference of Chemical Evolution IV.   On: Physics of the origin and evolution fo life, 4 - 8 September 1995.

 

35. J. SECKBACH, Algae Evolution - Open questions - and lower eukaryotes for studying new extreme environments: the hot spring algal model. Presented as poster and abstract to the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas Conference, Regensburg Germany (May 27 - June 1, 1996).

 

36. J. SECKBACH, Terrestrial Microorganisms living under extreme conditions as candidates for a Life Out There in the Universe.  International Conference on Bioastronomy, Capri, Italy.  July 1-5, 1996.

 

37. J. SECKBACH, -Algal Eukaryogenesis: The Cyanidium Model. European Phycological Congress,  KÖLN  Germany, August 1996.

 

38. J. SECKBACH, The natural history of Cyanidium caldarium (Rhodophyta) and its cohorts.  Israel Botanical Soc. Meeting. Tel Aviv University,  February 1997.

 

39. J. SECKBACH, - The new model for Symbio-autogenous evolution of the Protistan cells: the Cyanidia model.  Presented as a Poster to the Second International Congress of Symbiosis, Woods Hole,  MA, usa, April 1997.

 

40. J. SECKBACH, The mysterious Cyanidiophyceae - A general minireview on the acid hot spring photosynthetic protista. Presented a Poster for the Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of Hypersaline Environmnets, Jerusalem, June 1997.

 

41. J. SECKBACH, Evolution of the Rhodophytes via Thermophilic Algae. Abstract for the International Phycological Congress, Leiden, The Netherlands,  August 1997.

 

42. J. SECKBACH, The Microbial Ubiquity in Extreme Environments as Models for Exobiology. Abstract for Chemical Evolution and Exobiology in the ICTP, Trieste, Italy, September 1997.

 

43. J. SECKBACH, Cellular Evolution and Ubiquity of Life: Eukaryogenesis. Abstract for EndocytobiologyVII and the JF Fredrick Memorial Symposium, Freiburg, Germany,   April 1998. The 7th International Colloquium on Endocytobiology and Symbiosis

 

44. J. SECKBACH,  Extremophilic Microorganisms as a Model for Life Everywhere. Abstract for Astrobiology  International Meeting in San Diego, CA. July 1998.

 

45. J. SECKBACH,  Morphological Formation and Symmetrical Patterns within the Biological World. Abstract for the International Meeting on Symmetry in Haifa, Israel.  September  1998.

 

46. J. SECKBACH,  Extremophiles as Models for Extraterrestrial Life. Abstract for Astrobiology Conference in Denver USA,  (July  1999).

 

47. J. SECKBACH, Microbial Diversity and Extremophilic Microorganisms. Abstract for Bioastronomy Conference in Hawaii (Aug. 1999).

 

48. J. SECKBACH, May Extremophilic Microorganisms Serve as Models for Extraterrestrial Life?: The case of Acidophiles.  Abstract for Blois (FR) Conference on “Frontiers of Life”. (June 2000).

 

49. J. SECKBACH, Microbes from Extremophilic Environments as Analogues for Extraterrestrial Life. Abstract for Extremophile-2000 International Congress in Harburg Germany (Sept. 2000).

 

50. J. SECKBACH,  From Cellular Origins and Eukaryogenesis to Extremophilic Thermo-acidophilic Algae and Extraterrestrial Life. Abstract for Trebon (CZ) conference on  Algae and extreme Environments. (Sept. 2000).

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51. J. SECKBACH,  Microorganisms as Analogues for Extraterrestrial Life. Abstract for the Trieste meeting on the First Steps in the Origin of Life in the Universe (Sixth Trieste Conference on Chemical Evolution), Trieste, Italy (18-22 Sept. 2000).

 

52. J.  SECKBACH, Extreme Life on Earth and Beyond. Abstract for  invited oral presentation for Hanse Institute for Advanced Study Worshop on Fossil and Recent Biofilms: A natural history of the impact of life on Planet Earth.  Oldenburg, Germany  (17-21  February 2001).

 

53. J. Seckbach, From Origin of Life and eukaryogenesis to Extremophilic and Astrobiology.Abstract submitted to Exo/Astrobiology, Fascati, Italy (meeting in May 21, 2001). J. Astrobiology  1(2) p.  2001.

 

54. J. Seckbach, Thermophilic Microorganisms. submitted to the Thermophilies-2001 meeting in New Delhi, India (for taking place on December  2001).

 

55. J. SECKBACH, Extremophiles: From Psychrophiles to Martian Life.  Abstract submitted to the Workshop of Water on Mars, Potsdam, Germany April (2002).

 

56. J. Seckbach, From the Origin and Extremophiles living on the Edge to Possibilities of Extraterrestrial Life. ISSOL meeting, Oaxaca, Mx [see Abstract book] (June 30 to July 5th, 2002).

 

57. J. Seckbach, From the Origin and Extremophiles living on the Edge to Possibilities of Extraterrestrial Life. Submitted to the ISSOL meeting, Oaxaca, Mx (to take place on June 30 to July 5th, 2002). Published in the Journal of Astrobiology  xx: yy: (2002).

 

58. J. Seckbach, Life beyond Earth: Extremophiles as Candidates for Astrobiology. Submitted to the Bioastronomy meeting , Sydney. Australia (to take place on July 2002).

 

59. J. SECKBACH, Diversity of Microbial Life on Earth and Beyond. Submitted to conference on Chemical Evolution-Life in the Universe, to take place in Trieste, September 2003.

 

60. J. SECKBACH, “Two are better Than One…. Because they have a Good Reward for teir Labor..A Threefold Cord is not Quickly Broken:”  A Brief General Overview on Symbiosis and Eukaryogenesis.  Abstract for The Symbiosis Congress, Halifax CA Aug. 2003.

 

61. J. SECKBACH, “Terrestrial Extremophiles as Models for Celestial Life” Abstract  (194B) given as an oral presentaion to the Bioastronomy 2004 meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, Astrobiology J. 4 (2) 293 (July 2004).

 

62. J. SECKBACH, “The Extremophiles and Astrobiology.” Abstract for the Microbial Ecology meeting in Mexico, (August 2004).

 

63. J. SECKBACH, “Survey of Various Extremophiles with Astrobiological Aspects” Abstract for the Extremophiles-2004 in Baltimore USA (Sept. 2004). {sent abstract but did not attend meeting}.

 

64. J. SECKBACH, “Survey of Extremophiles and their relevance to Astrobiology” Abstract for the Adaptation of Life at High Salt Concentration: Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya, meeting in Ljubljana Slovenia (Sept. 2004).

 

65. J. SECKBACH, “Extremophiles as “Genesis” microbes on Earth and beyond” submitted tot the Gordon Research Conference in Ventura CA. (Jan. 2005).

 

66. J. Seckbach. “Biodiversity of Microorganisms; From Bacteria, Cyanobacteria and Algae at the Limits to Astrobiology.” Submitted to Conference on “Algae in Biotechnology and Environment” in Delhi, INDIA (14-15 February 2006).

 

67. J. SECKBACH “Extremophiles as Candidates to Life in Extraterrestrial Places” submitted to the Workshop on Micro Algal Culture Collections, Izmir, Turkey (24 May 2006).

 

68. J. sECKBACH “Extremophilic Candidates to Astrobiology.”  Submitted to Astrobiology meeting (SPIE) San Diego (August 2007).

 

69. J. SECKBACH “Genesis, Evolution and Astrobiology” Abstract to the B’Or-HaTorah meeting in Miami (Dec. 2007).

 

70. J. SECKBACH “Extremophiles and Astrobiology” presented at the Diatom meeting in Dubrovnik Croatia (Sept. 7-13, 2008).

 

71. J.SECKBACH, Aharon Oren & Julian Chela-Flores, The extreme environments and their microbes as models for extraterrestrial life. (presented [2x] in Münster, Germany at the congress of the EurOplanet) (Sept. 22 & 27, 2008).

 

72. J. SECKBACH – abstract for my seminar in Graz AT (October. 2008).

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73. J. SECKBACH and Julian Chela-Flores.  Are There Any Reliable Signatures of  Extra-Terrestrial Life: The Martian And Europa Cases [abstract for Potsdam Sept 2009]

 

74. J.  SECKBACH. [2009] Abstract entitled  from extremophiles on earth to extraterrestrial life: The Astrobiological Cases of Mars and Europa: submitted to Springer book "Astronomy and Civilization in the New Enlightenment" - Volume 107 - Chapter 24 (Conference in Budapest HU)  year of publishment 2011. Astronomy and Astrobiology for the Development of Science and Civilization. [Budapest Aug. 09]  see;  http://www.konkoly.hu/AC2009/abstracts.pdf

 

75. J.  SECKBACH, Abstract: Extraterrestrial life possibilities on Mars and Europa.Seminar for Konkoly Observatory in Budapest  (Aug. 2009)

 

76. J. SECKBACH. Abstract [Life on Edge and Astrobiology] for the International Diatom Symposium in ST. PAUL (MN. USA) AUG-Sept. 2010)

 

77. J. SECKBACH and J. Chela-Flores (2011) Microbial Biodiversity: Implications For Astrobiology, submitted to the Congress Biosystematics – Berlin (Feb. 2011)

 

78. J. SECKBACH (2011, Feb.28)– Extremophiles biodiversity: Implication for extraterrestrial  life.  Abstract for my presentation in DLR – Berlin.

 

79. J. SECKBACH and J. Chela-Flores (2011) Life in extreme habitats: Implications for Astrobiology. Submitted to the EGU conference – Vienna (April 2011).

 

80. J. SECKBACH and Julian Chela-Flores (2011) Biosignatures for Detecting Unicellular Organisms in Extreme Environments. Submitted to “instruments, Mithods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIV”. Conference OP409, 21-25 August 2011, San Diego, California, USA.

 

81. J. Chela-Flores and J. Seckbach (2011) The Dry Valley Lakes, Antarctica, A Key To Evolutionary Biomarkers On Europa And Elesewhere. Submitted to “instruments, Mithods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIV”. Conference OP409, 21-25 August 2011, San Diego, California, USA.

 

82. JOSEPH SECKBACH (2012) Algae, cyanobacteria and other microbes as Extremophiles: Implications for Astrobiology. submitted to Algal Summit in New Delhi. (Feb. 21-22, 2012).

 

83. JOSEPH SECKBACH (2012) Extremophiles at the edge of life: Implications for Astrobiology. Submitted to Symbiosis  conference in Krakow Poland (July 22-28, 2012).

 

84. JOSEPH SECKBACH; Abstract for POPRAD Slovakia. Meeting on 29-30 April, 2014.

 

85.  JOSEPH SECKBACH (2014) Origin of life, Extremophiles, Implication to Astrobiology.

Submitted to , Nara, Japan (July 2014) as a Gust Lecture. Received a grant for part of my expenses.

 

86. J. SECKBACH  (2014) Abstract for ISSOL – presentation to Nara University in Japan _see topic of my talk to the Japanese public – July 2014.

 

87.  J. SECKBACH (2014) Abstract for my presentation in TSUKUBA Japan;  Origin of Life from Extremophiles to Astrobiology (July 4, 2014).

 

88. Abstract for Sao Lourenco (Sept. 2014) – phycological soc. Brazil. Sept. 2014.

 

89. Abstract for Reykjavik Iceland. Global Thermal Energy Summit (see abstract-Introduction to my talk-sent to Claire Taylor- Payne- (in London) Feb. 2015.

 

90. Abstract for SPIE to be performed on 8/2015 in San Diego CA. sent Abstract to R. Hoover and to Stephanie (Spie). For Aug. 2015.

 

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