Experimental design, population dynamics, and diversity in microbial experimental evolution

B Van den Bergh, T Swings, M Fauvart… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
In experimental evolution, laboratory-controlled conditions select for the adaptation of
species, which can be monitored in real time. Despite the current popularity of such …

Venus evolution through time: key science questions, selected mission concepts and future investigations

T Widemann, SE Smrekar, JB Garvin… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
In this work we discuss various selected mission concepts addressing Venus evolution
through time. More specifically, we address investigations and payload instrument concepts …

Sustainable life support on Mars–the potential roles of cyanobacteria

C Verseux, M Baqué, K Lehto, JPP de Vera… - International Journal of …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Even though technological advances could allow humans to reach Mars in the coming
decades, launch costs prohibit the establishment of permanent manned outposts for which …

The habitability of Venus

F Westall, D Höning, G Avice, D Gentry, T Gerya… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Venus today is inhospitable at the surface, its average temperature of 750 K being
incompatible to the existence of life as we know it. However, the potential for past surface …

Venus, an astrobiology target

SS Limaye, R Mogul, KH Baines, MA Bullock… - Astrobiology, 2021 - liebertpub.com
We present a case for the exploration of Venus as an astrobiology target—(1) investigations
focused on the likelihood that liquid water existed on the surface in the past, leading to the …

Growth of Carnobacterium spp. from permafrost under low pressure, temperature, and anoxic atmosphere has implications for Earth microbes on Mars

WL Nicholson, K Krivushin… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The ability of terrestrial microorganisms to grow in the near-surface environment of Mars is of
importance to the search for life and protection of that planet from forward contamination by …

Growth of Serratia liquefaciens under 7 mbar, 0°C, and CO2-Enriched Anoxic Atmospheres

AC Schuerger, R Ulrich, BJ Berry, WL Nicholson - Astrobiology, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Twenty-six strains of 22 bacterial species were tested for growth on trypticase soy agar
(TSA) or sea-salt agar (SSA) under hypobaric, psychrophilic, and anoxic conditions applied …

Twenty species of hypobarophilic bacteria recovered from diverse soils exhibit growth under simulated martian conditions at 0.7 kPa

AC Schuerger, WL Nicholson - Astrobiology, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Bacterial growth at low pressure is a new research area with implications for predicting
microbial activity in clouds and the bulk atmosphere on Earth and for modeling the forward …

Carbon monoxide as a metabolic energy source for extremely halophilic microbes: implications for microbial activity in Mars regolith

GM King - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Carbon monoxide occurs at relatively high concentrations (≥ 800 parts per million) in Mars'
atmosphere, where it represents a potentially significant energy source that could fuel …

Microbiome and ecology of a hot spring-microbialite system on the Trans-Himalayan Plateau

C Roy, MJ Rameez, PK Haldar, A Peketi, N Mondal… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Little is known about life in the boron-rich hot springs of Trans-Himalayas. Here, we explore
the geomicrobiology of a 4438-m-high spring which emanates~ 70° C-water from a boratic …