The regain of a microorganism that gives a candy-pink lagoon inward fundamental Kingdom of Spain its startling coloring is providing novel testify for how life could hold upward on a high-salt diet on Mars or Europa. The Laguna de Peña Hueca, constituent of the Lake Tirez organization inward La Mancha, has rattling high concentrations of tabular array salt in addition to sulphur in addition to is a expert analogue for chloride deposits institute inward the Southern highlands of Mars in addition to briny H2O beneath Europa’s icy crust. The results of a written report of microorganisms institute inward the lake volition live presented at the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) 2018 inward Berlin past times Dr Felipe Gómez.
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The candy-pink Laguna de Peña Hueca derives its coloring from the cherry cells of the salt-loving algae Dunaliella salina EP-1 [Credit: Europlanet/F Gómez/R Thombre] |
Dr Rebecca Thombre in addition to Dr Gómez collected samples of lagoon H2O in addition to studied the physical characteristics in addition to genetic sequence of the isolated microorganisms. They institute that the lagoon’s pinkish coloring derives from the cherry cells of a sub-genus of the salt-loving algae Dunaliella. This extremophilic algal strain from Laguna de Peña Hueca has been named Dunaliella salina EP-1 afterward the Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure, which funded the written report through its transnational access programme.
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The H2O inward the candy-pink Laguna de Peña Hueca derives its coloring from the cherry cells of the salt-loving algae Dunaliella salina EP-1 [Credit: Europlanet/F Gómez/R Thombre] |
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The H2O inward the candy-pink Laguna de Peña Hueca derives its coloring from the cherry cells of the salt-loving algae Dunaliella salina EP-1 [Credit: Europlanet/F Gómez/R Thombre] |
The cells of Dunaliella algae are used inward many countries for the industrial production of carotenoids, ß-carotene, glycerol, bioactives, biofuel in addition to antioxidants, then the strain EP-1 may accept applications for a attain of biotechnologies.
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Red samples of the salt-loving algae Dunaliella salina EP-1 inward a tabular array salt crystal [Credit: Europlanet/F Gómez/R Thombre] |
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This extremophilic algal strain from Laguna de Peña Hueca has been named Dunaliella salina EP-1 after the Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure [Credit: Europlanet/F Gomez/R Thombre] |
The squad too identified the halophilic bacteria, Halomonas gomseomensis PLR-1, inward a pinkish stone submerged inward the sulphate-rich brine of Peña Hueca. The written report of this microorganism may supply vital clues inward agreement the job of sulphates inward microbial increment in addition to lithopanspermia, the theory that organisms tin live transferred inward rocks from i planet to another.
“The resilience of extremophiles to the weather condition of Mars analogues on populace demonstrate their potential to thrive inward martian soils,” said Dr Gómez of the Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid, Spain. “This has implications for planetary protection, every bit good every bit how algae mightiness live used to terraform Mars.”
Source: Europlanet [September 20, 2018]
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