Editor’s note: this is a response to Oxygen Produced In The Deep Sea Raises Questions About Extraterrestrial Life, Boston University 27 August 2024
One of the first organisms to appear on Earth was cyanobacteria, which carried out oxygenic photosynthesis.
Protein diffusion, critical for cellular metabolism, occurs in the highly crowded cytoplasm. Understanding how this dynamics changes when organisms are adapted to different thermal niches is a fundamental challenge in […]
There is a high demand globally of critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the seabed. An international study, which has discovered large numbers […]
Introduction: The presence of hypersaline brines on other planets and moons in the inner and outer Solar System has been well established.
Viruses play essential roles in shaping the structure and function of microbial communities, including those inhabiting extreme environments.
MBRSC astronaut Mohammad AlMulla took pictures of NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli while she was conducting a microbiological investigation close to the underground base camp in Abel Cave.
How natural environments transition from uninhabited to inhabited is an incompletely understood question in ecology.
Cells of Serratia liquefaciens were grown on trypticase soy agar (TSA) for 28 d under Martian conditions of 7 mbar, 0°C, and CO2-enriched anoxic atmospheres (called Mars low-PTA conditions).
Submarines and spacecraft share several features that may promote the presence of fungi, including recirculated ventilation systems, moist areas, and close-quarters living. /m In this article, we introduce the idea […]
