Biomarkers in the Atacama Desert along the moisture gradient and the depth in the hyperarid zone: Ph...
Biomarkers in the Atacama Desert along the moisture gradient and the depth in the hyperarid zone: Phosphatase activity as trace of microbial activity
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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Microbiological activities can be detected in various extreme environments on Earth, which suggest that extraterrestrial environments, such as on Mars, could host life. There have been proposed a number of biomarkers to detect extant life mostly based on specific molecules. Because terrestrial organisms have catalytic proteins (enzymes), enzymatic...
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Biomarkers in the Atacama Desert along the moisture gradient and the depth in the hyperarid zone: Phosphatase activity as trace of microbial activity
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2723674953
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2723674953
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1473-5504
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1475-3006
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10.1017/S1473550422000325
