PERMAFROST AND ITS HABITANTS: PROBABLE MODEL OF MARS ECOSYSTEM AND CONNECTION WITH PERMAFROST EXPERIMENT IN BIOPAN PROJECT

摘要

Earth permafrost is a unique environment that preserves a lot of viable microorganisms in extreme, but stable conditions of low temperature and water activity. A study of Arctic syncryogenic sediments collected nearby Laptev Sea coast (East Siberia) was performed to reveal the viability of various groups of microorganisms. We will use this samples in PERMAFROST experiment in the BIOPAN project.