Vegetative life on Venus? Or investigations with algae which grow under pure CO2 in hot acid media at elevated pressures

Joseph Seckbach; W. F. Libby

doi:10.1007/BF01101279

Vegetative life on Venus? Or investigations with algae which grow under pure CO₂ in hot acid media at elevated pressures

Joseph Seckbach^*, W. F. Libby

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Experiments are described with algae grown in pure CO₂ under pressure with an acidic nutrient medium at elevated temperatures. One species found in hot-springs was observed to grow. If the planet Venus has acidic polar seas as we suggest, they may harbor photosynthetic life.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	121-143
Number of pages	23
Journal	Space Life Sciences
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01101279
State	Published - Sep 1970
Externally published	Yes

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