Dark blue-green: Cave-inhabiting cyanobacteria as a model for astrobiology
Subterranean environments on Earth serve as an analog for the study of microbes on other planets, which has become an active area of research. Although it might sound contradictory that photosynthetic cyanobacteria thrive in extreme low light environments, they are frequent inhabitants of caves on E...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1107371/full |