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| Title |
SOLID2: An Antibody Array-Based Life-Detector Instrument in a Mars Drilling Simulation Experiment (MARTE)
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| Published in |
Astrobiology, October 2008
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| DOI | 10.1089/ast.2007.0126 |
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| Authors |
Vctor Parro, Patricia Fernndez-Calvo, Jos A. Rodrguez Manfredi, Mercedes Moreno-Paz, Luis A. Rivas, Miriam Garca-Villadangos, Rosalba Bonaccorsi, Jos Eduardo Gonzlez-Pastor, Olga Prieto-Ballesteros, Andrew C. Schuerger, Mark Davidson, Javier Gmez-Elvira, Carol R. Stoker |
| Abstract |
A field prototype of an antibody array-based life-detector instrument, Signs Of LIfe Detector (SOLID2), has been tested in a Mars drilling mission simulation called MARTE (Mars Astrobiology Research and Technology Experiment). As one of the analytical instruments on the MARTE robotic drilling rig, SOLID2 performed automatic sample processing and analysis of ground core samples (0.5 g) with protein microarrays that contained 157 different antibodies. Core samples from different depths (down to 5.5 m) were analyzed, and positive reactions were obtained in antibodies raised against the Gram-negative bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans, a species of the genus Acidithiobacillus (both common microorganisms in the Río Tinto area), and extracts from biofilms and other natural samples from the Río Tinto area. These positive reactions were absent when the samples were previously subjected to a high-temperature treatment, which indicates the biological origin and structural dependency of the antibody-antigen reactions. We conclude that an antibody array-based life-detector instrument like SOLID2 can detect complex biological material, and it should be considered as a potential analytical instrument for future planetary missions that search for life. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 47 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 44 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 21% |
| Unknown | 13 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 9 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 11% |
| Engineering | 4 | 9% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 15 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 February 2019.
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