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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Microbes from Brine Systems with Fluctuating Salinity Can Thrive under Simulated Martian Chemical Conditions.

Matthew Kelbrick, James A W Oliver, Nisha K Ramkissoon, Amy Dugdale, Ben P Stephens, Ezgi Kucukkilic-Stephens, Susanne P Schwenzer, André Antunes, Michael C Macey

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Matthew KelbrickBiology Department, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk L39 4QP, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8484-677X
James A W OliverBiology Department, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk L39 4QP, UK.
Nisha K RamkissoonAstrobiologyOU, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.
Amy DugdaleAstrobiologyOU, School of Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes W23 F2H6, UK.
Ben P StephensAstrobiologyOU, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.
Ezgi Kucukkilic-StephensAstrobiologyOU, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.
Susanne P SchwenzerAstrobiologyOU, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9608-0759
André AntunesState Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), Macau, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7668-9842
Michael C MaceyAstrobiologyOU, School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1800-0469
The Open University · GBEdge Hill University · GBMacau University of Science and Technology · MONational University of Ireland, Maynooth · IEUniversity of Liverpool · GB

Funding

Edge Hill University RIF Project 1ANTUN16- EDENLeverhulme Trust RPG-2016-153Royal Astronomical Society Summer studentshipScience and Technology Facilities Council ST/P000657/1Society for Applied Microbiology Student Placement Scholarship 2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The waters that were present on early Mars may have been habitable. Characterising environments analogous to these waters and investigating the viability of their microbes under simulated martian chemical conditions is key to developing hypotheses on this habitability and potential biosignature formation. In this study, we examined the viability of microbes from the Anderton Brine Springs (United Kingdom) under simulated martian chemistries designed to simulate the chemical conditions of water that may have existed during the Hesperian. Associated changes in the fluid chemistries were also tested using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The tested Hesperian fluid chemistries were shown to be habitable, supporting the growth of all of the Anderton Brine Spring isolates. However, inter and intra-generic variation was observed both in the ability of the isolates to tolerate more concentrated fluids and in their impact on the fluid chemistry. Therefore, whilst this study shows microbes from fluctuating brines can survive and grow in simulated martian water chemistry, further investigations are required to further define the potential habitability under past martian conditions.

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astrobiologyMarsmartiansalinesimulation

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PMID35054406
PMCPMC8781782
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