Possibilities for methanogenic life in liquid methane on the surface of Titan

Icarus

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 274-276

  McKay, C P ^a   Smith, H D ^a,b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Life; Methanogens; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 27244438419     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.05.018     Document Type: Article

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