Can Extreme Bacteria Teach Us About Extraterrestrial Life?

Wang, Carolyn und Lewis, Briley L. und Beblo-Vranesevic, Kristina (2023) Can Extreme Bacteria Teach Us About Extraterrestrial Life? Frontiers for Young Minds, 11, Seite 1046650. Frontiers Media S.A.. doi: 10.3389/frym.2023.1046650. ISSN 2296-6846.

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Have you ever wondered if there is life beyond Earth? Scientists have been studying this topic for a long time and believe the answer might lie in extremophilic microbes, small organisms that thrive in extreme environments. In a 2022 study, scientists took extremophilic microbes from an analogue environment, or place on Earth similar to Mars, and put them in simulated Martian conditions. After exposing them to higher ultraviolet radiation levels, low oxygen levels, a dry atmosphere, and moisture-free Mars-like soil, these microbes still were able to survive. This research is important in helping us understand if Mars can house life and give us clues into what that life might look like beyond Earth.

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Original Source Article: ↑Beblo-Vranesevic, K., Piepjohn, J., Antunes, A., and Rettberg, P. 2022. Surviving Mars: new insights into the persistence of facultative anaerobic microbes from analogue sites. Int. J. Astrobiol. 21:110–27. doi: 10.1017/S1473550422000064