Active Microbial Airborne Dispersal and Biomorphs as Confounding Factors for Life Detection in the Cell-Degrading Brines of the Polyextreme Dallol Geothermal Field
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DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00307-22
Abstract: Determining the precise limits of life in polyextreme environments is challenging. Confounding factors such as exogenous contamination and the abiotic formation of structures resembling cells need to be considered before concluding on the unambiguous development… read more here.
Keywords: dallol geothermal; life; life polyextreme; geothermal field ... See more keywords