Earth's crust mineralogy drives hotspots for intraterrestrial life

(Frontiers) Researchers explored the distribution of biofilm communities in the continental deep subsurface. Their study highlights the presence of " hotspots " for microbial life around iron-rich minerals. A pattern which can allow us to better predict the distribution of intraterrestrial life on Earth, but that could also inform the search for extraterrestrial life in the subsurface of Mars.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 9, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news