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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Extremophiles and Extremophilic Behaviour-New Insights and Perspectives.

George N Angelakis, Chrysianna Psarologaki, Stergios Pirintsos, Kiriakos Kotzabasis

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

George N AngelakisDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, Voutes University Campus, GR 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9147-8656
Chrysianna PsarologakiDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, Voutes University Campus, GR 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.ORCID 0009-0004-5059-1352
Stergios PirintsosDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, Voutes University Campus, GR 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Kiriakos KotzabasisDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, Voutes University Campus, GR 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1002-6365

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extremophiles, throughout evolutionary time, have evolved a plethora of unique strategies to overcome hardships associated with the environments they are found in. Modifying their genome, showing a bias towards certain amino acids, redesigning their proteins, and enhancing their membranes and other organelles with specialised chemical compounds are only some of those strategies. Scientists can utilise such attributes of theirs for a plethora of biotechnological and astrobiological applications. Moreover, the rigorous study of such microorganisms regarding their evolution and ecological niche can offer deep insight into science's most paramount inquiries such as how life originated on Earth and whether we are alone in the universe. The intensification of studies involving extremophiles in the future can prove to be highly beneficial for humanity, even potentially ameliorating modern problems such as those related to climate change while also expanding our knowledge about the complex biochemical reactions that ultimately resulted in life as we know it today.

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astrobiologyastrobiotechnologyextremophilesnicheorigin of lifepanspermiaterraforming

Identifiers

PMID39598223
PMCPMC11595344

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