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Scholars since ancient times have often wondered how diverse life can be. We know that life is intrinsically linked to its environment and different environments result in different organismic survival strategies. We encounter a wide variety of environments on Earth, and many more on the planets and moons in our Solar System. By looking at the most important and promising of these planetary bodies, namely, Venus, Mars, Europa, and Titan, I like to point out possibilities and avenues for organismic adaptations at these locations, with a particular focus on metabolic strategies.
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Schulze-Makuch, D. (2013). Extremophiles on Alien Worlds: What Types of Organismic Adaptations are Feasible on Other Planetary Bodies. In: de Vera, JP., Seckbach, J. (eds) Habitability of Other Planets and Satellites. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6546-7_14
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