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#ZARM scientists have identified the #cyanobacterium strain Anabaena sp. PCC 7938 as a highly promising one for a life support system on #Mars 🔴. Fed with a simulant of Martian dust and atmosphere, the selected strain demostrated its ability to produce oxygen and form biomass, which could serve the production of food 🥔, fuels, drugs 💊 and other materials zarm.uni-bremen.de/en/in-focus

www.zarm.uni-bremen.deSpace Exploration – Leaving Planet Earth - ZARM

Researchers track how #iron deficiency disrupts #photosynthesis in crucial #ocean #algae
"Every other breath you take includes oxygen from the ocean, released from phytoplankton," said Paul G. Falkowski, the Bennett L. Smith Chair in Business and Natural Resources at Rutgers-New Brunswick and a co-author of the study. "Our research shows that iron is a limiting factor in phytoplankton's ability to make oxygen in vast regions of the ocean"
phys.org/news/2025-08-track-ir
#phytoplankton #IronFertilization

Phys.org · Researchers track how iron deficiency disrupts photosynthesis in crucial ocean algaeBy Gregory Bruno