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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Main Authors: Patrick Jung, Felix Harion, Shujie Wu, Dennis J. Nürnberg, Francesco Bellamoli, Antonio Guillen, Manuel Leira, Michael Lakatos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1107371/full