Microbiology & Virology Archives - Astrobiology

Rethinking the Last Universal Common Ancestor of Life: Network Convergence and the Root of the Tree

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Biocidal Conditions in Low-Mars-Orbit Can Inactivate Bioburden on External Mars Spacecraft Surfaces and Dust Particles Within a Few Sols

Planetary Protection & Biosafety

Biocidal Conditions in Low-Mars-Orbit Can Inactivate Bioburden on External Mars Spacecraft Surfaces and Dust Particles Within a Few Sols

Protecting Earth From Extraterrestrial Contamination: The Case For A Lunar Biocontainment Facility

Planetary Protection & Biosafety

Protecting Earth From Extraterrestrial Contamination: The Case For A Lunar Biocontainment Facility

Tardigrades As An Emerging Model Animal For Astrobiology Research: A Case Study

Tardigrades

Tardigrades As An Emerging Model Animal For Astrobiology Research: A Case Study

Development and Demonstration of a Modular Astrobiological Experiments (MAEx) Payload for Autonomous Biological Monitoring in Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Space Life Science

Development and Demonstration of a Modular Astrobiological Experiments (MAEx) Payload for Autonomous Biological Monitoring in Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Scientists Reveal Disease Genes From Reconstruction Of Ancestor To All Complex Life

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

Scientists Reveal Disease Genes From Reconstruction Of Ancestor To All Complex Life

Membrane Information Organization At The Origin Of Life: From Interfaces To Informational Bodies

Origin & Evolution of Life

Membrane Information Organization At The Origin Of Life: From Interfaces To Informational Bodies

Physiological Trade-offs Drive The archaeal Dominance And Carbon Turnover In Deep Subsurface

Microbiology & Virology

Physiological Trade-offs Drive The archaeal Dominance And Carbon Turnover In Deep Subsurface

Microfossils interpreted as animal traces were actually algae and bactéria

Fossils & Paleontology

Microfossils interpreted as animal traces were actually algae and bactéria

Microbial Growth Rates Captured Using Raman-SIP reveal A Highly Active Subsurface Biosphere Fueled By Serpentinization

Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology

Microbial Growth Rates Captured Using Raman-SIP reveal A Highly Active Subsurface Biosphere Fueled By Serpentinization

Early Complex Life Lived In Oxygenated Seas, Challenging Long‑held Views Of Evolution

Origin & Evolution of Life

Early Complex Life Lived In Oxygenated Seas, Challenging Long‑held Views Of Evolution

Liquid–liquid Phase Separation As A Driver Of Abiogenesis And Evolution

Origin & Evolution of Life

Liquid–liquid Phase Separation As A Driver Of Abiogenesis And Evolution

Asteroid Impact Site Reveals Possible Traces Of Early Life

Impact events

Asteroid Impact Site Reveals Possible Traces Of Early Life

Radiation-Resistant Microbes: Pioneers for Life Beyond Earth

Radiation

Radiation-Resistant Microbes: Pioneers for Life Beyond Earth

Limits of Terrestrial Life and the Probability of Growth on Mars (Virtual Meeting)

Mars

Limits of Terrestrial Life and the Probability of Growth on Mars (Virtual Meeting)

Hidden Viruses Reshape One Of Earth’s Largest Carbon Systems

Microbiology & Virology

Hidden Viruses Reshape One Of Earth’s Largest Carbon Systems

Bacteria Live In Fog Droplets And Clear Toxins From Earth’s Air

Habitable Zones

Bacteria Live In Fog Droplets And Clear Toxins From Earth’s Air

Analytical Characterization Approaches to Measure Prebiotically Relevant Compounds in High Salinity Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Systems

Origin & Evolution of Life

Analytical Characterization Approaches to Measure Prebiotically Relevant Compounds in High Salinity Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Systems

Weaving Life Into Regolith: Engineered Autotrophic-Heterotrophic Consortia For Autonomous Biofabrication From Granular Feedstocks

Life Support Systems

Weaving Life Into Regolith: Engineered Autotrophic-Heterotrophic Consortia For Autonomous Biofabrication From Granular Feedstocks

Orbital Biosignature Assay: Phytoplankton Bloom Off The U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Orbital Biosignature Assay: Phytoplankton Bloom Off The U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast