A nice work on the preservation of cell envelope proteins of haloarchaea as a function of the chaotropicity of hypersaline environments.

 

The publication:

The salty tango of brine composition and UV photochemistry effects on Halobacterium salinarum cell envelope biosignature preservation (2025) Communications Biology 8, 1-14 https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08007-w

Bourmancé Lucas, Marie Arul, Puppo Rémy, Brûlé Sébastien, Schaeffer Philippe, Toupet Maud, Nitsche Ruben, Elsaesser Andreas & Kish Adrienne

 

And here is a popularized version of this project:

https://communities.springernature.com/posts/the-memory-of-salt-searching-for-ancient-microbial-life-biosignatures-on-earth-and-mars

Published on: 09/05/2025 10:56 - Updated on: 09/05/2025 11:04