Extreme microbiology

Ancient gene family protects algae from salt and cold in an Antarctic lake

August 20, 2020

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Two species of Chlamydomonas algae from the ice-covered, hypersaline Lake Bonney in Antarctica use variants of an ancient gene [...]

Sedimentary, my dear Johnson: is NASA looking at the wrong type of rock for clues to Martian life?

May 20, 2019

Scientists at the Swedish Museum of Natural History have begun compiling an atlas of fossils in volcanic rock, to guide where and what to look for in the search for Martian life; Frontiers in Earth Science [...]

Getting out of hot water: does mobile DNA help?

January 31, 2018

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A new study in Frontiers in Microbiology gives insights into how one extremophile moved from hot springs to conquer the world. [...]

New technique for finding life on Mars

January 19, 2018

Miniature instruments and new techniques described in Frontiers in Microbiology can detect and analyze microbes in extreme environments resembling those on Mars [...]