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Microbial Diversity in a Hypersaline Sulfate Lake: A Terrestrial Analog of Ancient Mars

Life can persist under severe osmotic stress and low water activity in hypersaline environments. On Mars, evidence for the past presence of saline bodies of water is prevalent and resulted in the widespread deposition of sulfate and chloride salts. Here we investigate Spotted Lake (British Columbia,...

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Autores principales: Pontefract, Alexandra, Zhu, Ting F., Walker, Virginia K., Hepburn, Holli, Lui, Clarissa, Zuber, Maria T., Ruvkun, Gary, Carr, Christopher E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5623196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018418
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01819