Thanks to a micro-organism, humans can breathe on Mars | Science | Planet | World

The purpose of going to live in a new planet is still latent and all indicates that the closest to reach it, it is Mars, however, there is always an obstacle, which is the inability to breathe, but that could be solved, thanks to a new scientific discovery.

In this new study, he was joined by specialists from Australia, Italy, France and the United Kingdom, the same who revealed that the cyanobacteria a microorganism, manages to resist the Hostile environment of the red planet and can effect efficient photosynthesis, thereby creating oxygen .

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These cyanobacteria can survive in inhospitable environments such as, for example, the desert of Mojave Antarctica and outside the International Space Station. It should be noted that these blue algae can perform the process of photosynthesis with much less light than a tomato plant would require.

It should be noted that there are cyanobacteria in the depth of the ocean . In addition, they were successfully grown in an environment that simulates having the conditions of March .

Jennifer Morton, of the School of Chemical Research at the Australian National University (ANU), said: "This work redefines the minimum energy needed for light to promote photosynthesis [19659007] This type of photosynthesis can occur under a rock. "

The central part of the process of photosynthesis is chlorophyll, and it has different varieties. For example, if the plants in a garden use chlorophyll a, cyanobacteria uses a different clbad, chlorophyll f, which converts infrared light into energy and releases oxygen.

For this reason, scientists consider it viable to send the future cyanobacteria to March so that future generations that reach the red planet can breathe.

"It may sound like science fiction, but space agencies and private companies around the world are actively trying to make this aspiration a reality in the not-too-distant future." Theoretically one could take advantage of photosynthesis from this type of organisms to create air that humans can breathe March . "

It should be noted that the inventory of blue-green algae is wide, because it is one of the largest groups of bacteria in the Earth where they have existed for more than 2500 million years.

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