Constraints on the Metabolic Activity of Microorganisms in Atacama Surface Soils Inferred from Refractory Biomarkers: Implications for Martian Habitability and Biomarker Detection

Constraints on the Metabolic Activity of Microorganisms in Atacama Surface Soils Inferred from Refractory Biomarkers: Implications for Martian Habitability and Biomarker Detection

Dryness is one of the main environmental challenges to microbial survival. Understanding the threshold of microbial tolerance to extreme dryness is relevant to better constrain the environmental limits of life on Earth and critically evaluate long-term habitability models of Mars. Biomolecular proxi...

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Main Authors: Wilhelm, Mary Beth (Author), Davila, Alfonso F. (Author), Parenteau, Mary N. (Author), Jahnke, Linda L. (Author), Abate, Mastewal (Author), Cooper, George (Author), Kelly, Erin Taylor (Author), Parro García, Victor (Author), Villadangos, Miriam G. (Author), Blanco, Yolanda (Author), Glass, Brian (Author), Wray, James J. (Author), Eigenbrode, Jennifer L. (Author), Summons, Roger E (Author), Warren-Rhodes, Kimberly (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Mary Ann Liebert Inc, 2021-02-16T17:23:51Z.
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