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Chapter Fourteen - Adaptation/acclimatisation mechanisms of oxyphototrophic microorganisms and their relevance to astrobiology

from Part IV - Life and habitability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2020

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Jana Kvíderová
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Guido di Prisco ,
Howell G. M. Edwards ,
Josef Elster  and
Ad H. L. Huiskes
Guido di Prisco
Affiliation:
National Research Council of Italy
Howell G. M. Edwards
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
Josef Elster
Affiliation:
University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Ad H. L. Huiskes
Affiliation:
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
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Autotrophic microorganisms, regardless of whether they are using light insolation or chemical reactions to acquire energy for the production of organic compounds, represent the only source of carbon for carbon-based life evolution in a planetary biosphere (Schulze-Makuch & Irwin, 2018). The incorporation of inorganic carbon into organic carbon compounds requires large amounts of energy: light is one of the most available sources of energy for life on the surface of planets orbiting in the habitable zone (Schulze-Makuch & Irwin, 2018) and as an additional energy source for the moons of the Jovian planets in the Solar System.

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Life in Extreme Environments
Insights in Biological Capability
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