Unearthing terrestrial extreme microbiomes for searching terrestrial-like life in the Solar System

Screening the Survival of Cyanobacteria Under Perchlorate Stress. Potential Implications for Mars In Situ Resource Utilization

(2022) Piotr Rzymski et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Depleted carbon isotope compositions observed at Gale crater, Mars

(2022) Christopher H. House et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenetically and functionally diverse microorganisms reside under the Ross Ice Shelf

(2022) Clara Martínez-Pérez et al.   Nature Communications

Unique mobile elements and scalable gene flow at the prokaryote–eukaryote boundary revealed by circularized Asgard archaea genomes

(2022) Fabai Wu et al.   Nature Microbiology

Dark Food: Feeding People in Space Without Photosynthesis

(2022) Michael Nord et al.   New Space-The Journal of Space Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Fungi are key players in extreme ecosystems

(2022) Claudia Coleine et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Biologically Available Chemical Energy in the Temperate but Uninhabitable Venusian Cloud Layer: What Do We Want to Know?

(2021) Charles S. Cockell et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Response of Endolithic Chroococcidiopsis Strains From the Polyextreme Atacama Desert to Light Radiation

(2021) María Cristina Casero et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Endolithic microbial composition in Helliwell Hills, a newly investigated Mars‐like area in Antarctica

(2021) Claudia Coleine et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Fennoscandian Shield deep terrestrial virosphere suggests slow motion ‘boom and burst’ cycles

(2021) Karin Holmfeldt et al.   Communications Biology

Venus, an Astrobiology Target

(2021) Sanjay S. Limaye et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Taxonomic Characterization and Microbial Activity Determination of Cold-Adapted Microbial Communities in Lava Tube Ice Caves from Lava Beds National Monument, a High-Fidelity Mars Analogue Environment

(2021) Brady R.W. O'Connor et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Evolutionary stasis of a deep subsurface microbial lineage

(2021) Eric D. Becraft et al.   ISME Journal

Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations

(2021) Mukan Ji et al.   ISME Journal

Diverse Viruses Carrying Genes for Microbial Extremotolerance in the Atacama Desert Hyperarid Soil

(2021) Yunha Hwang et al.   mSystems

Exobiology of the Venusian Clouds: New Insights into Habitability through Terrestrial Models and Methods of Detection

(2021) Oleg R. Kotsyurbenko et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Phosphine on Venus Cannot Be Explained by Conventional Processes

(2021) William Bains et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Microbial community structure in hadal sediments: high similarity along trench axes and strong changes along redox gradients

(2021) Clemens Schauberger et al.   ISME Journal

Mining for Perchlorate Resistance Genes in Microorganisms From Sediments of a Hypersaline Pond in Atacama Desert, Chile

(2021) Jorge Díaz-Rullo et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Stable Carbon Isotope Depletions in Lipid Biomarkers Suggest Subsurface Carbon Fixation in Lava Caves

(2021) Matthew J. Selensky et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Water activity in Venus’s uninhabitable clouds and other planetary atmospheres

(2021) John E. Hallsworth et al.   Nature Astronomy

Review of research into bioregenerative life support system(s) which can support humans living in space

(2021) Hong Liu et al.   Life Sciences in Space Research

Mars: new insights and unresolved questions

(2021) Hitesh G. Changela et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

Space Breeding: The Next-Generation Crops

(2021) Tapan Kumar Mohanta et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

No need for speed: slow development of fungi in extreme environments

(2021) Cene Gostinčar et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

SnapShot: Microbial Extremophiles

(2020) Amy K. Schmid et al.   CELL

Experimental and Simulation Efforts in the Astrobiological Exploration of Exooceans

(2020) Ruth-Sophie Taubner et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Methanogenic Archaea Can Produce Methane in Deliquescence-Driven Mars Analog Environments

(2020) Deborah Maus et al.   Scientific Reports

Can polarity-inverted membranes self-assemble on Titan?

(2020) H. Sandström et al.   Science Advances

Lichen Vitality After a Space Flight on Board the EXPOSE-R2 Facility Outside the International Space Station: Results of the Biology and Mars Experiment

(2020) Rosa de la Torre Noetzel et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Mars Extant Life: What's Next? Conference Report

(2020) B.L. Carrier et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Energetic Basis of Microbial Growth and Persistence in Desert Ecosystems

(2020) Pok Man Leung et al.   mSystems

Mars Regolith Simulant Ameliorated by Compost as in situ Cultivation Substrate Improves Lettuce Growth and Nutritional Aspects

(2020) Luigi G. Duri et al.   Plants-Basel

The identification of sulfide oxidation as a potential metabolism driving primary production on late Noachian Mars

(2020) M. C. Macey et al.   Scientific Reports

A New Record for Microbial Perchlorate Tolerance: Fungal Growth in NaClO4 Brines and its Implications for Putative Life on Mars

(2020) Jacob Heinz et al.   Life-Basel

Rock structure drives the taxonomic and functional diversity of endolithic microbial communities in extreme environments

(2020) Emine Ertekin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A network approach to elucidate and prioritize microbial dark matter in microbial communities

(2020) Tatyana Zamkovaya et al.   ISME Journal

Time as a microbial resource

(2020) Karen G. Lloyd   Environmental Microbiology Reports

DNA Damage and Survival Time Course of Deinococcal Cell Pellets During 3 Years of Exposure to Outer Space

(2020) Yuko Kawaguchi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus

(2020) Jane S. Greaves et al.   Nature Astronomy

Beyond the extremes: Rocks as ultimate refuge for fungi in drylands

(2020) Claudia Coleine et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Evaluating method and potential risks of chlorine-resistant bacteria (CRB): A review

(2020) Li-Wei Luo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Ecological features and global distribution of Asgard archaea

(2020) Mingwei Cai et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Planetary Protection and the astrobiological exploration of Mars: Proactive steps in moving forward

(2019) Alberto G. Fairén et al.   ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH

Archaea dominate the microbial community in an ecosystem with low-to-moderate temperature and extreme acidity

(2019) Aleksei A. Korzhenkov et al.   Microbiome

Bacillus subtilis Spore Resistance to Simulated Mars Surface Conditions

(2019) Marta Cortesão et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Characterization of Viability of the Lichen Buellia frigida After 1.5 Years in Space on the International Space Station

(2019) Theresa Backhaus et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

A Desert Cyanobacterium under Simulated Mars-like Conditions in Low Earth Orbit: Implications for the Habitability of Mars

(2019) Daniela Billi et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS

(2019) Jean-Pierre de Vera et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Tolerances of Deinococcus geothermalis Biofilms and Planktonic Cells Exposed to Space and Simulated Martian Conditions in Low Earth Orbit for Almost Two Years

(2019) Corinna Panitz et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Survival of halophiles of Altai lakes under extreme environmental conditions: implications for the search for Martian life

(2019) Alla V. Bryanskaya et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

Living at the Extremes: Extremophiles and the Limits of Life in a Planetary Context

(2019) Nancy Merino et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

‘Follow the Water’: Hydrogeochemical Constraints on Microbial Investigations 2.4 km Below Surface at the Kidd Creek Deep Fluid and Deep Life Observatory

(2019) Garnet S. Lollar et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

EXPOSE-R2 on the International Space Station (2014–2016): Results from the PSS and BOSS Astrobiology Experiments

(2019) Hervé Cottin et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Extremophilic models for astrobiology: haloarchaeal survival strategies and pigments for remote sensing

(2019) Shiladitya DasSarma et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

An Antarctic Extreme Halophile and Its Polyextremophilic Enzyme: Effects of Perchlorate Salts

(2018) Victoria J. Laye et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Astrovirology: Viruses at Large in the Universe

(2018) Aaron J. Berliner et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Ecological drivers of soil microbial diversity and soil biological networks in the Southern Hemisphere

(2018) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   ECOLOGY

Effect of microgravity & space radiation on microbes

(2018) Giuliana Senatore et al.   Future Microbiology

UV irradiation of biomarkers adsorbed on minerals under Martian-like conditions: Hints for life detection on Mars

(2018) Teresa Fornaro et al.   ICARUS

A virus or more in (nearly) every cell: ubiquitous networks of virus–host interactions in extreme environments

(2018) Jacob H. Munson-McGee et al.   ISME Journal

Biological methane production under putative Enceladus-like conditions

(2018) Ruth-Sophie Taubner et al.   Nature Communications

Low Energy Subsurface Environments as Extraterrestrial Analogs

(2018) Rose M. Jones et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Multiplanetary Future of Plant Synthetic Biology

(2018) Briardo Llorente et al.   Genes

Was There an Early Habitability Window for Earth's Moon?

(2018) Dirk Schulze-Makuch et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

The biomass and biodiversity of the continental subsurface

(2018) C. Magnabosco et al.   Nature Geoscience

Survival, DNA, and Ultrastructural Integrity of a Cryptoendolithic Antarctic Fungus in Mars and Lunar Rock Analogues Exposed Outside the International Space Station

(2018) Silvano Onofri et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Intact polar lipid and core lipid inventory of the hydrothermal vent methanogens Methanocaldococcus villosus and Methanothermococcus okinawensis

(2018) Lydia M.F. Baumann et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Haloferax volcanii

(2018) Mechthild Pohlschroder et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Role of biological soil crusts in affecting soil evolution and salt geochemistry in hyper-arid Atacama Desert, Chile

(2017) Fan Wang et al.   GEODERMA

Extreme salinity as a challenge to grow potatoes under Mars-like soil conditions: targeting promising genotypes

(2017) David A. Ramírez et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

Atmospheric trace gases support primary production in Antarctic desert surface soil

(2017) Mukan Ji et al.   NATURE

Proteometabolomic response of Deinococcus radiodurans exposed to UVC and vacuum conditions: Initial studies prior to the Tanpopo space mission

(2017) Emanuel Ott et al.   PLoS One

Earth as a Tool for Astrobiology—A European Perspective

(2017) Zita Martins et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

The Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, an Extremely Dry and Carbon Deprived Habitat of Potential Interest for the Field of Carbon Science

(2017) Armando Azua-Bustos et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Habitability: A Review

(2016) C.S. Cockell et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

A diverse intrinsic antibiotic resistome from a cave bacterium

(2016) Andrew C. Pawlowski et al.   Nature Communications

Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of Escherichia coli After Spaceflight Reveals Changes Involving Metabolic Pathways

(2015) Xiaojun Zhang et al.   ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

Halophiles and their enzymes: negativity put to good use

(2015) Shiladitya DasSarma et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial communities in dark oligotrophic volcanic ice cave ecosystems of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica

(2015) Bradley M. Tebo et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Planetary habitability: lessons learned from terrestrial analogues

(2014) Louisa J. Preston et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

Genomic adaptations of the halophilic Dead Sea filamentous fungus Eurotium rubrum

(2014) Tamar Kis-Papo et al.   Nature Communications

Metagenomic evidence for metabolism of trace atmospheric gases by high-elevation desert Actinobacteria

(2014) Ryan C. Lynch et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Survival of Rock-Colonizing Organisms After 1.5 Years in Outer Space

(2012) Silvano Onofri et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Is there life on … Titan?

(2011) Lucy H Norman   ASTRONOMY & GEOPHYSICS

Community genomic analysis of an extremely acidophilic sulfur-oxidizing biofilm

(2011) Daniel S Jones et al.   ISME Journal

A novel subaerial Dunaliella species growing on cave spiderwebs in the Atacama Desert

(2010) A. Azúa-Bustos et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Space Microbiology

(2010) G. Horneck et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Lava tubes and basaltic caves as astrobiological targets on Earth and Mars: A review

(2009) Richard J. Léveillé et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Microbial Rock Inhabitants Survive Hypervelocity Impacts on Mars-Like Host Planets: First Phase of Lithopanspermia Experimentally Tested

(2008) Gerda Horneck et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap

(2008) David J. Des Marais et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Tardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbit

(2008) K. Ingemar Jönsson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY