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 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × |