There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom: Low Radiation as a Biological Extreme

There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom: Low Radiation as a Biological Extreme

The effects of high radiation as a biological extreme have historically been, and continue to be, extensively researched in the fields of radiation biology and astrobiology. However, the absence of radiation as an extreme has received relatively limited attention from the scientific community, with...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Wadsworth, Charles S. Cockell, Alexander StJ Murphy, Athoy Nilima, Sean Paling, Emma Meehan, Christopher Toth, Paul Scovell, Leander Cascorbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Subjects:
subsurface microbiology
low radiation
extreme habitat
dose response
threshold model
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2020.00050/full

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