Could microorganisms be preserved in Mars gypsum? Insights from terrestrial examples

Acidophilic Halophilic Microorganisms in Fluid Inclusions in Halite from Lake Magic, Western Australia

(2013) Amber J. Conner et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Phototrophic Community in Gypsum Crust from the Atacama Desert Studied by Raman Spectroscopy and Microscopic Imaging

(2013) Petr Vítek et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

Gypsum-Permineralized Microfossils and Their Relevance to the Search for Life on Mars

(2012) J. William Schopf et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Microscopic Identification of Prokaryotes in Modern and Ancient Halite, Saline Valley and Death Valley, California

(2009) Brian A. Schubert et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

How do prokaryotes survive in fluid inclusions in halite for 30 k.y.?

(2009) B. A. Schubert et al.   GEOLOGY

Sulfate-Rich Eolian and Wet Interdune Deposits, Erebus Crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars

(2009) J. M. Metz et al.   JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH