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AFD Discussion - Modern Mars habitability

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Where are the Mars 'special regions' : If possible a dated map, with a source. - Rod57 (talk) 21:29, 17 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bacillus xerothermodurans was discovered around the launch site of Viking 1 in the 1970's, and it was thought to be able to survive Viking's sterilization procedures. Perhaps the organism has been renamed. Here is an old reference: https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-27-2-157 Charles Juvon (talk) 18:22, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]