An Astrophysical View of Earth-Based Metabolic Biosignature Gases

Microbial life on Earth uses a wide range of chemical and energetic resources from diverse habitats. An outcome of this microbial diversity is an extensive and varied list of metabolic byproducts. We review key points of Earth-based microbial metabolism that are useful to the astrophysical search fo...

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Main Authors: Seager, Sara, Schrenk, Matthew, Bains, William
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Mary Ann Liebert 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73073
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6948