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SUBMITTER: Taubner RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829080 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Taubner Ruth-Sophie RS Pappenreiter Patricia P Zwicker Jennifer J Smrzka Daniel D Pruckner Christian C Kolar Philipp P Bernacchi Sébastien S Seifert Arne H AH Krajete Alexander A Bach Wolfgang W Peckmann Jörn J Paulik Christian C Firneis Maria G MG Schleper Christa C Rittmann Simon K-M R SKR
Nature communications 20180227 1
The detection of silica-rich dust particles, as an indication for ongoing hydrothermal activity, and the presence of water and organic molecules in the plume of Enceladus, have made Saturn's icy moon a hot spot in the search for potential extraterrestrial life. Methanogenic archaea are among the organisms that could potentially thrive under the predicted conditions on Enceladus, considering that both molecular hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) and methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) have been detected in the plume. ...[more]