Some ecological mechanisms to generate habitability in planetary subsurface areas by chemolithotrophic communities: The Ro Tinto subsurface ecosystem as a model system

Astrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-173

  Fernández Remolar, David C ^a   Gómez, Felipe ^a   Prieto Ballesteros, Olga ^a   Schelble, Rachel T ^b   Rodríguez, Nuria ^a   Amils, Ricardo ^a,c  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitability; Homeostasis; Microbial communities

Indexed keywords

IRON; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGY; HEAT; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM; EXOBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HEAT; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; RIVERS; SPAIN; SULFUR;

EID: 39749115524     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.0022     Document Type: Article

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