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Emerging Priorities for Microbiome Research

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Microbiome research has increased dramatically in recent years, driven by advances in technology and significant reductions in the cost of analysis. Such research has unlocked a wealth of data, which has yielded tremendous insight into the nature of the ...
Chad M. Cullen, Kawalpreet K. Aneja, Sinem Beyhan, Clara E. Cho, Stephen Woloszynek, Stephen Woloszynek, Matteo Convertino, Sophie J. McCoy, Yanyan Zhang, Matthew Z. Anderson, Matthew Z. Anderson, David Alvarez-Ponce, Ekaterina Smirnova, Lisa Karstens, Lisa Karstens, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Hongzhe Li, Ananya Sen Gupta, Kevin Cheung, Jennifer Gloeckner Powers, Zhengqiao Zhao, Gail L. Rosen, Gail L. Rosen   +22 more
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Assessing Potential Landing Sites With Favorable Illumination and Accessible, Potentially Volatile‐Rich Permanently Shadowed Regions Within Artemis Candidate Landing Regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract The lunar south pole features permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) that never receive direct sunlight. These regions maintain cold temperatures that potentially trap and accumulate volatiles over geologic timescales. Within NASA's Artemis candidate landing regions, we identified 130 candidate landing sites (CLSs) that satisfy the Human Landing ...
Lukas Wueller, Lauren M. Berger, Hephzibah Christopher, Kanori Sugimoto, Ashka D. Thaker, Louis Carton, William Jo, Seungil Lee, Riccardo Pedrelli, Pedro Sanchez, David A. Kring   +10 more
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About the presence of arsenic in prebiotic species

BIO Web of Conferences, 2014
The recent publication that some bacteria could use arsenic instead of phosphorus for building their DNA triggered a large controversy in the astro/exobiology community. Most comments claim that such a substitution is not possible.
Ellinger Y., Toulouze M., Pilmé J., Pauzat F.   +3 more
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Rover‐Induced Mineral Transformations: Extent of the Effect for the Mars Science Laboratory and Opportunities for Future Landed Mission

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract X‐ray amorphous sulfate hydrates are a substantial component (up to 23 wt%) of the sedimentary rocks and sands analyzed to date by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Gale crater. Recently, the CheMin X‐ray diffractometer observed the amorphization of the crystalline sulfate starkeyite (MgSO4 · 4H2O) upon exposure to the dry and ...
J. M. Meusburger, T. F. Bristow, D. T. Vaniman, E. B. Rampe, S. J. Chipera, D. F. Blake, S. L. Simpson, R. Y. Sheppard, G. Berlanga   +8 more
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Nanoscale investigations of complex microbial interactions with terrestrial and extraterrestrial minerals using STEM based approach: implications for life on Earth and beyond

Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry
Our recent investigations using scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) based approach address tungsten-microbial interactions as a microbial strategy to withstand harsh environments, microbial metal extraction capacities for bioleaching ...
Tetyana Milojevic, Mihaela Albu, Ilse Letofsky-Papst, Artem Mashchenko   +3 more
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Life on Mars? The physiological perspective

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Ronan M. G. Berg, Damian M. Bailey
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Rethinking Seawater Mo Isotope Mass‐Balance and the Sedimentary Mo Record

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Volume 41, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract A lingering misconception is that seawater 98Mo/95Mo ratios should have increased more or less linearly with the oxygenation of Earth's oceans. At the root of this hypothesis is the generalization that oxidizing marine sediments have a stronger affinity for lighter‐mass Mo isotopes than their reducing counterparts.
C. M. Ostrander, O. Dellwig
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A critical role of heterotrophic bacteria in early diagenesis of carbonates through exopolymer degradation and calcium release

The Depositional Record, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.
Exopolymeric substances (EPS) produced in the photic zone and surface sediments sequester calcium. Below the sediment surface, heterotrophic bacteria degrade EPS, releasing calcium resulting in carbonate precipitation. This process, which continues for millennia deep in the core, is an important sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Pieter T. Visscher, Pierre Boussagol, Raphael Bourillot, Christophe Dupraz, Olivier Braissant, Alan W. Decho, Brendan P. Burns, Richard Allen White III, Paxton Tomko, Emmanuelle Vennin   +9 more
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Extreme environments in a world of new extremes

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract Extreme environments, whether defined by climate, soils, or disturbance, at landscape or micro‐scales, are prevalent across Earth's surface and have long served as crucibles for ecological and evolutionary insights. Many foundational theories were developed in deserts, cliffs, ultramafic soils, and other harsh systems.
Catherine M. Hulshof, Pablo Tejero Ibarra, Nishanta Rajakaruna, Sara Palacio   +3 more
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Ion‐Selective Electrode Robustness to Environmental Conditions Relevant to Spaceflight Missions to the Outer Solar System

Electroanalysis, Volume 38, Issue 2, February 2026.
Future in situ missions to ocean worlds of the outer solar system would benefit from the aqueous chemical measurements provided by ion‐selective electrodes (ISEs). Here, we verify the performance of ISEs after exposure to environments expected during outer Solar System missions, specifically near‐decade scale transit times, anhydrous conditions, low ...
Elizabeth A. Jaramillo, Emmanuelle Despagnet‐Ayoub, Anita Fisher, Richard C. Quinn, Aaron C. Noell   +4 more
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