The potential of Methanogenic Life in the Solar System

Ruth-Sophie Taubner; Maria Gertrude Firneis; Johannes Leitner; Christa Schleper; Simon Karl-Maria Rasso Rittmann

The potential of Methanogenic Life in the Solar System

Ruth-Sophie Taubner, Maria Gertrude Firneis, Johannes Leitner, Christa Schleper, Simon Karl-Maria Rasso Rittmann

Department of Astrophysics

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Abstract

Methanogens from the domain Archaea are obligate anaerobic chemolithoautotrophs or chemolithoheterotrophs producing methane (CH4). For the CH4-production they primarily use various C1 typecompounds (like carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), formate (HCO‑ 2)), but some strains are also able to utilize methanol (CH3OH), acetate, or even methylsulfides for energy production. The capability of methanogens thriving under various extreme environments on Earth is astonishing. Their enormous diversity and the similarity between their growth conditions and the environmental conditions on extraterrestrial bodies throughout the Solar System make methanogens to an ideal test object for astrobiological experiments.

Original language	English
Article number	ESPC2015-583
Journal	Abstracts of the EPSC-DPS
Volume	10
Publication status	Published - Oct 2015
Event	European Planetary Science Congress 2015 - Nantes, France Duration: 27 Sep 2015 → 2 Oct 2015

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103003 Astronomy
103004 Astrophysics

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The potential of Methanogenic Life in the Solar System

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Austrian Fields of Science 2012

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