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Terrestrial Dimethyl Sulfide: Template For Astrobiology

Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is a volatile breakdown product of dimethyl-sulfonio-propionate (DMSP). DMS is synthesized by marine phytoplankton, plays a central role in Earth’s sulfur cycle and has growing relevance in […]

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Astrovirology And Terrestrial Life Survival

Microbial organisms have been implicated in several mass extinction events throughout Earth’s planetary history. Concurrently, it can be reasoned from recent viral pandemics that viruses likely exacerbated the decline of […]

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