Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Scholars Compass Chemistry Publications Dept. of Chemistry 2002 Planetary Bioresources and Astroecology 1. Planetary Microcosm Bioassays of Martian and Carbonaceous Chondrite Materials: Nutrients, Electrolyte Solutions, and Algal and Plant Responses Michael Noah Mautner Virginia Commonwealth University,
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[email protected]. Icarus 158, 72–86 (2002) doi:10.1006/icar.2002.6841 Planetary Bioresources and Astroecology 1. Planetary Microcosm Bioassays of Martian and Carbonaceous Chondrite Materials: Nutrients, Electrolyte Solutions, and Algal and Plant Responses Michael N. Mautner Soil, Plant and Ecological Sciences Division, Lincoln University, Canterbury 8150 New Zealand, and Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8002, New Zealand E-mail:
[email protected] Received August 28, 2000; revised February 5, 2002 INTRODUCTION The biological fertilities of planetary materials can be assessed using microcosms based on meteorites. This study applies micro- Rocks and soils in early aqueous planetary environments may cosm tests to martian meteorites and analogues and to carbonaceous have provided resources for the origins of life and nutrients chondrites. The biological fertilities of these materials are rated for early microorganisms.