Nature Communications (Feb 2023)
Dark microbiome and extremely low organics in Atacama fossil delta unveil Mars life detection limits
- Armando Azua-Bustos,
- Alberto G. Fairén,
- Carlos González-Silva,
- Olga Prieto-Ballesteros,
- Daniel Carrizo,
- Laura Sánchez-García,
- Victor Parro,
- Miguel Ángel Fernández-Martínez,
- Cristina Escudero,
- Victoria Muñoz-Iglesias,
- Maite Fernández-Sampedro,
- Antonio Molina,
- Miriam García Villadangos,
- Mercedes Moreno-Paz,
- Jacek Wierzchos,
- Carmen Ascaso,
- Teresa Fornaro,
- John Robert Brucato,
- Giovanni Poggiali,
- Jose Antonio Manrique,
- Marco Veneranda,
- Guillermo López-Reyes,
- Aurelio Sanz-Arranz,
- Fernando Rull,
- Ann M. Ollila,
- Roger C. Wiens,
- Adriana Reyes-Newell,
- Samuel M. Clegg,
- Maëva Millan,
- Sarah Stewart Johnson,
- Ophélie McIntosh,
- Cyril Szopa,
- Caroline Freissinet,
- Yasuhito Sekine,
- Keisuke Fukushi,
- Koki Morida,
- Kosuke Inoue,
- Hiroshi Sakuma,
- Elizabeth Rampe
Affiliations
- Armando Azua-Bustos
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Alberto G. Fairén
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Carlos González-Silva
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Tarapacá
- Olga Prieto-Ballesteros
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Daniel Carrizo
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Laura Sánchez-García
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Victor Parro
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Miguel Ángel Fernández-Martínez
- Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Cristina Escudero
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Victoria Muñoz-Iglesias
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Maite Fernández-Sampedro
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Antonio Molina
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Miriam García Villadangos
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Mercedes Moreno-Paz
- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) (CSIC-INTA)
- Jacek Wierzchos
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)
- Carmen Ascaso
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)
- Teresa Fornaro
- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri
- John Robert Brucato
- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri
- Giovanni Poggiali
- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri
- Jose Antonio Manrique
- Universidad de Valladolid
- Marco Veneranda
- Universidad de Valladolid
- Guillermo López-Reyes
- Universidad de Valladolid
- Aurelio Sanz-Arranz
- Universidad de Valladolid
- Fernando Rull
- Universidad de Valladolid
- Ann M. Ollila
- Purdue University, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
- Roger C. Wiens
- Purdue University, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
- Adriana Reyes-Newell
- Southwest Sciences, Inc. 1570 Pacheco St. Ste. E11
- Samuel M. Clegg
- Purdue University, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
- Maëva Millan
- Department of Biology, Georgetown University
- Sarah Stewart Johnson
- Department of Biology, Georgetown University
- Ophélie McIntosh
- INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri
- Cyril Szopa
- Science, Technology, and International Affairs Program, Georgetown University
- Caroline Freissinet
- Science, Technology, and International Affairs Program, Georgetown University
- Yasuhito Sekine
- Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Keisuke Fukushi
- Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
- Koki Morida
- Division of Natural System, Kanazawa University
- Kosuke Inoue
- Division of Natural System, Kanazawa University
- Hiroshi Sakuma
- National Institute for Materials Science
- Elizabeth Rampe
- Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division, NASA Johnson Space Center
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36172-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Unique microorganisms of a fossil river delta in the Atacama Desert unveil the current limits of life detection on Mars.
