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Expanding Limits for Life to a New Dimension: Microbial Growth at Hypergravity

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Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology ((COLE,volume 27))

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Microorganisms show robust growth under a wide range of simulated hypergravity conditions up to 403,627 × g. The finding expands the limits for life into the hypergravity regime, where this had not been seriously considered before, and is of significance in considering the emergence, transport, adaptation, and evolution of life in extraterrestrial habitats.

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  1. Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency form Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan

    Shigeru Deguchi & Koki Horikoshi

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  3. Dept. Mikrobiology, Universität Salzburg FB Molekulare Biologie, Salzburg, Austria

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Deguchi, S., Horikoshi, K. (2013). Expanding Limits for Life to a New Dimension: Microbial Growth at Hypergravity. In: Seckbach, J., Oren, A., Stan-Lotter, H. (eds) Polyextremophiles. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6488-0_20

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