MBL Astrobiology
http://www.mbl.edu/brown/areas-of-study/astrobiology/

Marine Biological Laboratory


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This MBL Astrobiology portal includes information about the MBL Astrobiology team, its personnel, prior work, and publications. The MBL Astrobiology team works toward understanding the patterns and mechanisms of genome evolution and metabolic variation that allowed diverse microorganisms to adapt to new environments, generate novel phenotypes, and effect global-scale changes detectable by remote sensing. Their general strategy emphasizes the integration of molecular approaches to evolutionary biology with studies of metabolic activities in environments that most likely reflect conditions on early Earth. Physiological and microbial diversity studies focus on the hydrothermally altered sediments of Guaymas basin in the Gulf of California, the acidic, heavy metal laden Rio Tinto of southwestern Spain and isolates from the Juan de Fuca Ridge.


Subject: Biology:Molecular Biology, Astrobiology, Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Bibliography, Collection, Overview/Reference Work, Research Results
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)