Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in terrestrial extreme environments: implications for life detection beyond Earth

CA Batty, VK Pearson, K Olsson-Francis… - Natural Product …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1961 to 2024 Discovering and identifying unique natural products/biosignatures
(signatures that can be used as evidence for past or present life) that are abundant, and …

The astrobiological potential of the Makgadikgadi Basin, Botswana: Field analogue for planetary exploration

TH Kahsay, A Asrat, F Franchi - Planetary and Space Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Terrestrial analogue sites have been crucial for studying Martian geology and mineralogy,
integrating the direct evidence available from Mars through remote sensing and in situ …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial abundance across a salinity and mineralogical transect in the Ntwetwe Pan of Botswana: A terrestrial analogue for playa deposits on Mars

F Franchi, A Cassaro, B Cavalazzi, L Lebogang… - Planetary and Space …, 2025 - Elsevier
The current conditions of the Martian surface are considered prohibitive for life as we know
it, due to strong radiation, highly oxidizing conditions, concentrated evaporative salts …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial Community Structure and Patterns of Diversity in the Sediments of Mountain Rock Basins from a National Park

A de Cos-Gandoy, A Serrano-Bellón, M Macías-Daza… - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
Bacterial microbiomes influence global carbon and nutrient cycling as the environment
changes. Rain-fed rock basins are ephemeral aquatic systems, potentially subject to …