Subsurface Microbial Habitats in an Extreme Desert Mars-Analog Environment

Subsurface Microbial Habitats in an Extreme Desert Mars-Analog Environment

Sediments in the hyper-arid core of the Atacama Desert are a terrestrial analog to Mars regolith. Understanding the distribution and drivers of microbial life in the sediment may give critical clues on how to search for biosignatures on Mars. Here, we identify the spatial distribution of highly spec...

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Main Authors: Kimberley A. Warren-Rhodes, Kevin C. Lee, Stephen D. J. Archer, Nathalie Cabrol, Linda Ng-Boyle, David Wettergreen, Kris Zacny, Stephen B. Pointing, The NASA Life in the Atacama Project Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Atacama
desert soil
mars
moisture stress
soil bacteria
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00069/full

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