What controls the sulfur isotope fractionation during dissimilatory sulfate reduction?

MS Sim, DK Woo, B Kim, H Jeong, YJ Joo… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sulfate often behaves conservatively in the oxygenated environments but serves as an
electron acceptor for microbial respiration in a wide range of natural and engineered …

Order of amino acid recruitment into the genetic code resolved by Last Universal Common Ancestor's protein domains

S Wehbi, A Wheeler, B Morel, N Manepalli… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The current “consensus” order in which amino acids were added to the genetic code is
based on potentially biased criteria, such as the absence of sulfur-containing amino acids …

Acidophilic sulphate‐reducing bacteria: Diversity, ecophysiology, and applications

LF Valdez‐Nuñez, A Kappler… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Acidophilic sulphate‐reducing bacteria (aSRB) are widespread anaerobic microorganisms
that perform dissimilatory sulphate reduction and have key adaptations to tolerate acidic …

A Machine-Learning Approach to Biosignature Exploration on Early Earth and Mars Using Sulfur Isotope and Trace Element Data in Pyrite

MC Figueroa, DD Gregory, KH Williford, DJ Fike… - Astrobiology, 2024 - liebertpub.com
We propose a novel approach to identify the origin of pyrite grains and distinguish
biologically influenced sedimentary pyrite using combined in situ sulfur isotope (δ34S) and …

Marine Science Can Contribute to the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life

J Aguzzi, J Cuadros, L Dartnell, C Costa, S Violino… - Life, 2024 - mdpi.com
Life on our planet likely evolved in the ocean, and thus exo-oceans are key habitats to
search for extraterrestrial life. We conducted a data-driven bibliographic survey on the …

Can Isotopologues Be Used as Biosignature Gases in Exoplanet Atmospheres?

A Glidden, S Seager, JJ Petkowski, S Ono - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Isotopologue ratios are anticipated to be one of the most promising signs of life that can be
observed remotely. On Earth, carbon isotopes have been used for decades as evidence of …

A Mastcam multispectral investigation of rock variability in Gale crater, Mars: Implications for alteration in the clay‐sulfate transition of Mount Sharp

AM Eng, MS Rice, WH Farrand… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Since leaving Vera Rubin ridge (VRr), the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover
has traversed though the phyllosilicate‐bearing region, Glen Torridon, and the overlying Mg …

SOPHIA: A mineralogical simulant for phyllosilicate terrains at the Rosalind Franklin landing site, Oxia Planum, Mars

A Dugdale, NK Ramkissoon, P Fawdon, MR Patel… - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
The phyllosilicate-bearing martian plain, Oxia Planum, is the proposed landing site for the
Rosalind Franklin rover mission, scheduled to launch in 2028. Rosalind Franklin which will …

Energy-ordered resource stratification as an agnostic signature of life

A Goyal, M Tikhonov - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The search for extraterrestrial life hinges on identifying biosignatures, often focusing on
gaseous metabolic byproducts as indicators. However, most such biosignatures require …