OoL digest — April 7
This week we have 18 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Engineering Microbial Symbiosis for Mars Habitability
Correll et al. — preprint
Protocell formation on micrometeorites
Jesorka et al. — preprint
Habitability and Biosignatures
Madhusudhan — preprint
Extant life detection using label-free video microscopy in analog aquatic environments
Snyder et al. — PLOS ONE
Photochemical Evolution of Alanine in Association with the Martian Soil Analog Montmorillonite: Insights Derived from Experiments Conducted on the International Space Station
Wipf et al. — Astrobiology
Biochemistry
Primitive homochiral polyester formation driven by tartaric acid and calcium availability
Chen et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Archean Methane Cycling and Life’s Co-Evolution: Intertwining Early Biogeochemical Processes and Ancient Microbial Metabolism
Ebadirad et al. — preprint
Reduction of NAD and NMN on mineral surfaces with H2 reveals a functional role for the adenosine moiety in prebiotic evolution
Preiner et al. — preprint
Biology
Ionizing radiation resilience: how metabolically active lichens endure exposure to the simulated Mars atmosphere
Skubała et al. — IMA Fungus
Biophysics
Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular ciliate Stentor
Shekhar et al. — Nature Physics
Geosciences
Evaluating Serpentinization as a Source of Phosphite to Microbial Communities in Hydrothermal Vents
Boden et al. — Geobiology
Microbiology
An astrobiological perspective on microbial biofilms: their importance for habitability and production of detectable and lasting biosignatures
Gonzalez-Henao et al. — Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Prototaxites was an extinct lineage of multicellular terrestrial eukaryotes
Loron et al. — preprint
Multicellular magnetotactic bacteria are genetically heterogeneous consortia with metabolically differentiated cells
Schaible et al. — PLOS Biology
Planetary sciences
The Neoproterozoic glacial broom
Kirkland et al. — Geology
Identifying signatures of past and present cryovolcanism on Europa
Lesage et al. — Nature Communications
Cosmic ray ionisation of a post-impact early Earth atmosphere: Solar cosmic ray ionisation must be considered in origin-of-life scenarios
Raeside et al. — preprint
An Informational–Entropic Approach to Exoplanet Characterization
Vannah et al. — Entropy