2023
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3613401/v1
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The potential of cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. as the primary producer in the life-support system on Mars

Tong Ye,
Peifan Gu,
Xianyuan Zhang
et al.

Abstract: Background Cyanobacteria capable of photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation are considered to be the most promising primary producers of biological life-support systems for Mars exploration, but there is limited information about their survival and growth in space flight or Mars-like environments. Results During the HH-21-5 Balloon-Borne Astrobiology Platform flight mission of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nostoc sp. cells were exposed to the Mars-like environment in the stratosphere (35 km altitude) for 2 h i… Show more

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