OoL digest — edition 8
Today we have a smaller, but more diversified digest – Fisher demonstrates how multivariate analysis and metabolic networks can be useful to derive exoplanet properties, Tarnas looked at the chemical composition of Martian meteorites to see if radiolysis-driven habitats could exist on Mars, Steffens discusses the role of the reverse TCA cycle in hydrothermal vents ecology, Atzori analyzes the interaction between chiral materials and light under magnetic fields, and Herrmann discusses the reasons that might explain why the emergence of cyanobacteria did not immediately lead to the GOE.
Astrobiology
Fisher, T., Kim, H., Millsaps, C., Line, M., Walker, S.I., 2021. Inferring Exoplanet Disequilibria with Multivariate Information in Atmospheric Reaction Networks. arXiv:2104.09776 [astro-ph]. http://arxiv.org/abs/2104.09776
Tarnas, J. d., Mustard, J. f., Lollar, B.S., Stamenković, V., Cannon, K. m., Lorand, J.-P., Onstott, T. c., Michalski, J. r., Warr, O., Palumbo, A. m., Plesa, A.-C., 2021. Earth-like Habitable Environments in the Subsurface of Mars. Astrobiology. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2386
Biochemistry
Steffens, L., Pettinato, E., Steiner, T.M., Mall, A., König, S., Eisenreich, W., Berg, I.A., 2021. High CO 2 levels drive the TCA cycle backwards towards autotrophy. Nature 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03456-9
Physics
Atzori, M., Ludowieg, H.D., Valentín-Pérez, Á., Cortijo, M., Breslavetz, I., Paillot, K., Rosa, P., Train, C., Autschbach, J., Hillard, E.A., Rikken, G.L.J.A., 2021. Validation of microscopic magnetochiral dichroism theory. Science Advances 7, eabg2859. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg2859
Planetary science
Herrmann, A.J., Sorwat, J., Byrne, J.M., Frankenberg-Dinkel, N., Gehringer, M.M., 2021. Diurnal Fe(II)/Fe(III) cycling and enhanced O 2 production in a simulated Archean marine oxygen oasis. Nature Communications 12, 2069. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22258-1
Happy reading!