I'm looking for algae that could survive in extreme environment conditions, such as:
Maybe someone knows any good publications or books about the algae that can survive in extreme conditions?
Hello B R Siddharth
I would be hard pressed to suggest any algae in a highly-oxidizing-agent laden environment but many Proteobacteria can survive within the specifications highlighted by you. If perchlorates are not of great significance in the equation then I believe many psychrophilic or hypolithic algal strains or many cyanobacteria living underneath the antarctic or arctic pack ice or in Patagonian cold (Atacama) deserts might stand a chance.
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Dr. Abhishek Mukherjee
A few kinds of cyanobacteria have been shown able to handle those kinds of conditions, mostly extremophile organisms. Alot of work has been done testing so-called desert algae, which tend to be cyanobacteria that can handle extreme UV, low temperatures, desiccation, and otherwise hostile environments.
There are some good papers on the subject:
https://art.torvergata.it/handle/2108/87387
Article Erratum to: Biofilm and Planktonic Lifestyles Differently Su...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576513001768
I agree with Abhishek that life in Mars conditions can be chemosyntetic. So, I recommend to see an article about Hydrogenothermus marinus
with the very good reference on the problem.
Article High Tolerance of Hydrogenothermus marinus to Sodium Perchlorate
As well look https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/earth-analogues-for-past-and-future-life-on-mars-isolation-of-perchlorate-resistant-halophiles-from-big-soda-lake/F05005A274DC403138403A122AE95273
and other articles in the International Journal of Astrobiology (Cambridge), but their only cyanobacteria are listed as Matthew noted in his reply.
Andrey
Please also take a look at this similar RG discussion thread.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_algae_can_theoretically_survive_on_Mars
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