Table 1 Summary of the experiments performed in the Closed Deliquescence System: We incubated three species of methanogenic archaea with two types of Martian Regolith Analogs P-MRA (underlined, first column of each temperature and compound) and S-MRA (not underlined, second column) at two temperatures (4 °C and 28 °C) and with two salt species (NaCl and NaClO4).

From: Methanogenic Archaea Can Produce Methane in Deliquescence-Driven Mars Analog Environments

Methanogenesis?

4 °C

28 °C

NaCl

NaClO4

M. soligelidi

nd

×

nd

×

nd

×

nd

M. barkeri

×

×

×

M. mazei

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

×

  1. A check mark indicates a condition in which methanogenesis was observed, a cross mark reflects a negative result. (nd = not determined).