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Eurypsychrophilic acidophiles: From (meta)genomes to low-temperature biotechnologies
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Low temperature and acidic environments encompass natural milieus such as acid rock drainage in Antarctica and anthropogenic sites including drained sulfidic sediments in Scandinavia.
Mark Dopson +5 more
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High-Quality Genome-Scale Models From Error-Prone, Long-Read Assemblies
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Advances in nanopore-based sequencing techniques have enabled rapid characterization of genomes and transcriptomes. An emerging application of this sequencing technology is point-of-care characterization of pathogenic bacteria.
Jared T. Broddrick +5 more
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ESA ExoMars: Pre-launch PanCam Geometric Modeling and Accuracy Assessment [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2014 ExoMars is the flagship mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) Aurora Programme. The mobile scientific platform, or rover, will carry a drill and a suite of instruments dedicated to exobiology and geochemistry research.
D. Li, R Li, A. Yilmaz
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The Space Experiment of the Exo-ecosystem [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 The experiment of exo-ecosystem and the exploration of extraterrestrial habitability aims to explore the adaptation of terrestrial life in space conditions for the manned space program and the future interstellar migration, which shows great scientific significance and public interests. By our knowledge the early life on Earth, archaea and extremophile
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iScience, 2021 Summary: Monitoring microbial communities aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is essential to maintaining astronaut health and the integrity of life-support systems.
Michael D. Lee +5 more
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Establishment of the Coast Range ophiolite microbial observatory (CROMO): drilling objectives and preliminary outcomes [PDF]
Scientific Drilling, 2013 This project aimed to establish a subsurface microbial observatory in ultramafic rocks, by drilling into an actively serpentinizing peridotite body, characterizing cored rocks, and outfitting the boreholes for a program of long-term observation and ...
D. Cardace +6 more
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Crop growth and viability of seeds on Mars and Moon soil simulants
Open Agriculture, 2019 If humans are going to establish a base on the Moon or on Mars they will have to grow their own crops. An option is to use Lunar and Martian regolith. These regoliths are not available for plant growth experiments, therefore NASA has developed regolith ...
Wamelink G.W.W. +3 more
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Microbial mediation of textures and minerals – terrestrial or parent body processes?
Open Astronomy, 2019 Evolution of chondritic parent body is influenced by thermal, impact metamorphism and aqueous alteration, studied in Mező-Madaras, Knyahinya, Mócs and Nyírábrány in aspect of high resolution in situ textural, mineralogical and organic geochemical ...
Polgári Márta +5 more
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SensorsThis study introduces an innovative in situ lander/impact-penetrator design tailored for Discovery-class missions to Europa, specifically focused on conducting astrobiological analyses.
Chinmayee Govinda Raj +3 more
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Identification of the Beagle 2 lander on Mars [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 The 2003 Beagle 2 Mars lander has been identified in Isidis Planitia at 90.43° E, 11.53° N, close to the predicted target of 90.50° E, 11.53° N. Beagle 2 was an exobiology lander designed to look for isotopic and compositional signs of life on Mars, as ...
J. C. Bridges +11 more
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