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Deep Microbial Colonization in Saponite-Bearing Fractures in Aged Basaltic Crust: Implications for Subsurface Life on Mars

One of the most promising planetary bodies that might harbor extraterrestrial life is Mars, given the presence of liquid water in the deep subsurface. The upper crust of Mars is mainly composed of >3.7-billion-year-old basaltic lava where heat-driven fluid circulation is negligible. The analogous...

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Autores principales: Sueoka, Yuri, Yamashita, Seiya, Kouduka, Mariko, Suzuki, Yohey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6906187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31866969
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02793