Microbial Characterization of Arctic Glacial Ice Cores with a Semiautomated Life Detection System

• Published in: Astrobiology
• Main Authors: Touchette, David, Maggiori, Catherine, Altshuler, Ianina, Tettenborn, Alex, Bourdages, Louis-Jacques, Magnuson, Elisse, Blenner-Hassett, Olivia, Raymond-Bouchard, Isabelle, Ellery, Alex, Whyte, Lyle. G. G.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: New Rochelle, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Heiberg; White Glacier
• Online Access: http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/302751; https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2022.0130

The search for extant microbial life will be a major focus of future astrobiology missions; however, no direct extant life detection instrumentation is included in current missions to Mars. In this study, we developed the semiautomated MicroLife detection platform that collects and processes environ...