Phosphate availability and implications for life on ocean worlds

Abstract Several moons in the outer solar system host liquid water oceans. A key next step in assessing the habitability of these ocean worlds is to determine whether life’s elemental and energy requirements are also met. Phosphorus is required by all known life and is often limited to biological pr...

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Main Authors: Noah G. Randolph-Flagg, Tucker Ely, Sanjoy M. Som, Everett L. Shock, Christopher R. German, Tori M. Hoehler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37770-9