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Science 24 September 1976:
Vol. 193. no. 4259, pp. 1247 - 1249
DOI: 10.1126/science.193.4259.1247
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Endolithic Blue-Green Algae in the Dry Valleys: Primary Producers in the Antarctic Desert Ecosystem

E. IMRE FRIEDMANN 1 and ROSELI OCAMPO 1

1 Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306

Endolithic unicellular blue-green algae occur under the surface of orthoquartzite rocks in the dry valleys of southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. This report of primary producers in the Antarctic desert ecosystem suggests that, in future efforts to detect life in extraterrestrial (for example, martian) environments, scientists should consider the possible existence of endolithic life forms.

Submitted on April 22, 1976
Revised on June 21, 1976


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