Microbial growth in actual martian regolith in the form of Mars meteorite EETA79001

Abstract Studies to understand the growth of organisms on Mars are hampered by the use of simulants to duplicate martian mineralogy and chemistry. Even though such materials are improving, no terrestrial simulant can replace a real martian sample. Here we report the use of actual martian regolith, i...

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Main Authors: Neveda Naz, Bijan F. Harandi, Jacob Newmark, Samuel P. Kounaves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01042-7