Antarctic analogues for Mars exploration: a Raman spectroscopic study of biogeological signatures

Details Antarctic analogues for Mars exploration: a Raman spectroscopic study of biogeological signatures Antarctic analogues for Mars exploration: a Raman spectroscopic study of biogeological signatures

Mar 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004esasp.545...33e&link_type=abstract

In: Proceedings of the Third European Workshop on Exo-Astrobiology, 18 - 20 November 2003, Madrid, Spain. Ed.: R. A. Harris & L.

Biology

Antarctica: Astrobiology

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There is now much interest in the construction of portable Raman systems for the analysis of cyanobacterial and lichen communities in the field; to this extent, Raman spectra obtained with laboratory-based systems operating at different wavelengths have been evaluated for potential fieldwork applications of miniaturized units. Selected test specimens of the cyanobacterial Nostoc commune, epilithic lichens Acarospora chlorophana, and Caloplaca saxicola and the endolithic Chroococcidiopsis from Antarctic sites have been examined in the present preliminary studies. Although some organisms gave useable Raman spectra with short-wavelength lasers, 1064 nm was the only excitation that was consistently excellent for all organisms. We conclude that a miniaturized Raman spectrometer, operating at layer wavelength excitation, is the optimal instrument for in situ studies of pigmented communities at the limits of life on Earth. This has practical potential for the quest for biomolecules residual from any former surface or subsurface life on Mars.

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