Microbial growth in actual martian regolith in the form of Mars meteorite EETA79001.
Astrobiology
Bacteria
Geochemistry
Inner planets
Microbial ecology
Journal
Communications earth & environment
ISSN: 2662-4435
Titre abrégé: Commun Earth Environ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101772745
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
07
02
2023
accepted:
04
10
2023
medline:
1
1
2023
pubmed:
1
1
2023
entrez:
26
4
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Studies to understand the growth of organisms on Mars are hampered by the use of simulants to duplicate martian mineralogy and chemistry. Even though such materials are improving, no terrestrial simulant can replace a real martian sample. Here we report the use of actual martian regolith, in the form of Mars meteorite EETA79001 sawdust, to demonstrate its ability to support the growth of four microorganisms,
Identifiants
pubmed: 38665180
doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-01042-7
pii: 1042
pmc: PMC11041791
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
381Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2023.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests.