Bacillus subtilis,

Stewart Gault1, Fernanda Fonseca2, Charles S Cockell3

  • 1UK Centre for Astrobiology, SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK. sgault@ed.ac.uk.

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概括

甲酸盐通过防止细胞内玻璃化,显著降低 Bacillus subtilis 细胞的结点至 -83°C. 这一发现扩大了包括火星在内的极度寒冷环境中生命的潜力.