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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-04-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37770-9 |