Open AccessDesert Microbes Mine for Water
Author(s) -
Lesley Evans Ogden
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo146005
Subject(s) - desert (philosophy) , life on mars , mars exploration program , environmental science , earth science , ecology , geography , astrobiology , geology , biology , martian , philosophy , epistemology
Scientists studying a cyanobacterium isolated from rock samples in the Atacama Desert found out how the bacteria extract water to live. Their results may help identify likely sites for life on Mars.
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