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

The Miniaturized Raman System and Detection of Traces of Life in Halite from the Atacama Desert: Some Considerations for the Search for Life Signatures on Mars

(2012) Petr Vítek et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Efficient Light Harvesting in a Dark, Hot, Acidic Environment: The Structure and Function of PSI-LHCI from Galdieria sulphuraria

(2011) Balakumar Thangaraj et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Wide distribution and glacial origin of polar gypsum on Mars

(2011) M. Massé et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Archaeal diversity along a subterranean salt core from the Salar Grande (Chile)

(2011) Audrey Gramain et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sulfates and iron oxides in Ophir Chasma, Mars, based on OMEGA and CRISM observations

(2011) Lorenz Wendt et al.   ICARUS

On the definition of Raman spectroscopic detection limits for the analysis of biomarkers in solid matrices

(2011) P. Vandenabeele et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Evaluation of portable Raman instrumentation for identification of β-carotene and mellitic acid in two-component mixtures with halite

(2011) P. Vítek et al.   SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

Microbial colonization of Ca-sulfate crusts in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert: implications for the search for life on Mars

(2010) J. WIERZCHOS et al.   Geobiology

Microbial colonization of halite from the hyper-arid Atacama Desert studied by Raman spectroscopy

(2010) P. Vitek et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Identification of β-carotene in an evaporitic matrix—evaluation of Raman spectroscopic analysis for astrobiological research on Mars

(2009) Petr Vítek et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The Role of Biofilms in the Sedimentology of Actively Forming Gypsum Deposits at Guerrero Negro, Mexico

(2009) Marilyn B. Vogel et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Microbial communities and processes within a hypersaline gypsum crust in a saltern evaporation pond (Eilat, Israel)

(2009) Aharon Oren et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Subcellular integrities in Chroococcidiopsis sp. CCMEE 029 survivors after prolonged desiccation revealed by molecular probes and genome stability assays

(2008) Daniela Billi   EXTREMOPHILES

Endolithic microorganisms from spring mound evaporite deposits (southern Tunisia)

(2008) N. Stivaletta et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Evidence of a microbial community associated with rock varnish at Yungay, Atacama Desert, Chile

(2008) Kimberly R. Kuhlman et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Ultraviolet radiation-induced limitation to epilithic microbial growth in arid deserts – Dosimetric experiments in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert

(2008) Charles S. Cockell et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY

Beta-carotene—A possible biomarker in the Martian evaporitic environment: Raman micro-spectroscopic study

(2008) Petr Vítek et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE