A New Record for Microbial Perchlorate Tolerance: Fungal Growth in NaClO<sub>4</sub> Brines and its Implications for Putative Life on Mars

The habitability of Mars is strongly dependent on the availability of liquid water, which is essential for life as we know it. One of the few places where liquid water might be found on Mars is in liquid perchlorate brines that could form via deliquescence. As these concentrated perchlorate salt sol...

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Main Authors: Jacob Heinz, Tim Krahn, Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/10/5/53