Geomicrobiological characterization of Antarctic sandstones - Preliminary results

• Main Authors: Cassaro, Allessia, Cavalazzi, Barbara, Pacelli, Claudia, Zucconi, Laura, Baqué, Mickael, Maturilli, Alessandro, Foucher, F., Gasparotto, Giorgio, Westall, F., de Vera, Jean Pierre Paul, Onofri, S.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Planetare Labore; Nutzerzentrum für Weltraumexperimente (MUSC); Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Victoria Land
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/198329/; https://elib.dlr.de/198329/1/EANA2023%20Abstract%20Cassaro%20et%20al.pdf

Antarctica supports some of the most unexplored and isolated ecosystems of the planet, wherein existence of life under the most extreme conditions is still being questioned. In the driest and coldest ice-free areas of continental Antarctica, the McMurdo Dry Valleys, the environmental conditions reac...