Alessandro Airo

Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

Dirk Schulze‐Makuch, Dirk Wagner, Samuel P. Kounaves et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 237 citations · Full text

Microbial life and biogeochemical cycling on land 3,220 million years ago

Martin Homann, Pierre Sansjofre, Mark van Zuilen et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2018 · 152 citations · Full text

Biogeochemistry, Engineering, Biogeochemical Cycle +10

Morphological adaptations of 3.22 Ga-old tufted microbial mats to Archean coastal habitats (Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa)

Martin Homann, Christoph Heubeck, Alessandro Airo et al. · Precambrian Research · 2015 · 135 citations

Microbial Diversity, Morphological Adaptations, Evolutionary Biology +9

Methanogenic Archaea Can Produce Methane in Deliquescence-Driven Mars Analog Environments

Deborah Maus, Jacob Heinz, Janosch Schirmack et al. · Scientific Reports · 2020 · 59 citations · Full text

Bacterial Growth in Chloride and Perchlorate Brines: Halotolerances and Salt Stress Responses of <i>Planococcus halocryophilus</i>

Jacob Heinz, Annemiek C. Waajen, Alessandro Airo et al. · Astrobiology · 2019 · 53 citations · Full text