Editorial: Microbial roles in caves
2024
Jurado, Valme | Northup, Diana E. | Sáiz-Jiménez, Cesáreo | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) | Jurado, Valme [0000-0003-0972-9909] | Northup, Diana E. [0000-0002-4140-4162] | Sáiz-Jiménez, Cesáreo [0000-0003-0036-670X] | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
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Show more [+] Less [-]Subsurface ecosystems (caves) are a window into hidden niches of the Earth where microorganisms adapt to live in hostile environmental conditions that could be analogs to Mars, particularly volcanic caves and extremely acidic environments. Caves have attracted the attention of NASA and ESA, as the search for life on other Solar System bodies is a major stimulus for planetary exploration. Thus, cave research is useful in astrobiology for searching/identifying extraterrestrial life....
Show more [+] Less [-]The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. VJ and CS-J were supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through project PID2020-114978 GB-I00.
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