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Antarctic blue-green algae thrives in conditions on Mars?

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Is the quoted characterization consistent with, "The fluorescence signal from photosynthetic pigments was differently preserved after UV irradiation, depending on the thickness of the samples" in [2]? The organisms which use photosynthesis survived, but did photosynthesis actually occur, i.e., was it still a viable process for the organisms? EllenCT (talk) 21:46, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]