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Earth Organisms with the Ability to Survive on Mars?
December 31, 2012 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

“Six bacterial isolates were obtained from a permafrost borehole in northeastern Siberia capable of growth under conditions of low temperature (0 °C), low pressure (7 mbar), and a CO2-enriched anoxic atmosphere.” Quoted from the PNAS abstract.


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