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This tiny organism refused to die under Mars-like illusion

Yeast Survives Mars-Like Conditions
Scientists exposed yeast cells to extreme conditions resembling Mars — violent shock waves from meteorite impacts and toxic perchlorate salts found in Martian soil — and the cells survived. Credit: Shutterstock

Baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is best known for its role in baking, brewing, and modern biotechnology. Yet this everyday microorganism may also offer insight into a far bigger question: how life might endure the extreme conditions found beyond Earth.

Researchers from the Department of Biochemistry (BC) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), working with collaborators at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad, have discovered that yeast can survive environmental stresses similar to those on Mars...

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