Acetylene Fermentation: Relevance to Primordial Biogeochemistry and the Search for Life in the Outer Solar System
Abstract
Acetylene supports the growth of some terrestrial anaerobes. The reaction is highly exothermic. The abundance of acetylene in the methane-rich planet(oid)s of the outer solar system could represent a means of nourishment for resident alien microbes.
- Publication:
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Workshop on the Habitability of Icy Worlds
- Pub Date:
- February 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014LPICo1774.4003O