Concentration of amino acids and their enantiomeric ratios were also determined by HPLC and GC/MS. Significant enzymatic activities were detected in both some of the hydrothermal sub-vent systems, chimney rocks and Antarctica soils, which is crucial evidence of the presence of vigorous microbial activities. It is www.selleckchem.com/products/EX-527.html consistent with the fact that large enantiomeric excess of L-form amino acids were found in the same core sequences. Chimney phosphatases showed optimum at higher temperature than E-coli

phosphatase, while Antarctica phosphatases showed maximum activities at lower temperature. In order to detect individual microorganisms, fluorescence microscopy technique was applied. It was proved that most of terrestrial microorganisms could be detected when we dyed soil samples with CFDA-AM, a substrate of esterases. We are developing a portable fluorescence microscope for in situ detection of extant organisms in the field.

We express our thanks to members of Archaean Park Project for the samples of hydrothermal systems. We also thank Dr. Manamu Fukui, Hokkaido University and the members of the 47th and 49th Japan Antarctic exploration missions. E-mail: JNK-IN-8 kkensei@ynu.​ac.​jp Organic Molecules in Class I Protoplanetary Disk Yi-Jehng Kuan1,2, Yo-Ling Chuang1, Chian-Chou Chen1,Kuo-Song Wang2, Hui-Chun Huang1 1Department learn more of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 116, Taiwan; 2Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 106, Taiwan A number of Class 0 sources have been found to filipin be rich in organic molecules, which are present in hot corinos. Since most of the material accreted during the Class 0 phase is consumed by the forming protostar, a meaningful comparison between interstellar, nebular and comet chemistries can only be made by studying the

composition of the envelopes and disks of Class I sources. Recently Spitzer has surveyed more than 100 Class I and II YSOs and only detected hot organic molecules in IRS 46, a Class I source. We have thus used the Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) to observe IRS 46 and we have detected H2CO and CH3OH toward IRS 46. The successful detection of these two organic molecules indicates recent icy mantle evaporation, hence the presence of an organically rich hot corino environment. Further high angular-resolution observations with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) will not only allow us to determine the organic inventory of IRS 46 but also enable us to compare the chemistry of nominal Class I hot corinos with those at the Class 0 phase. Some of the preliminary results from our SMT and SMA observations will be presented. E-mail: kuan@ntnu.​edu.