Shadow biosphere

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A shadow biosphere is a hypothetical microbial biosphere which utilizes vastly different biomolecular machinery and processes than currently known life. The term was coined by Carol E. Cleland and Shelley D. Copley in 2005, although the exact terminology used was that of a "shadow Terran biosphere" (Cleland and Copley, 171).

References

  • Cleland, Carol E., and Shelley D. Copley. "The Possibility of Alternative Microbial Life on Earth." International Journal of Astrobiology. 4.3-4 (2005): 165-73. Print.
  • Davies, Paul C. W., Steven A. Benner, Carol E. Cleland, Charles H. Lineweaver, Christopher P. Mckay, and Felisa Wolfe-Simon. "Signatures of a Shadow Biosphere." Astrobiology 9.2 (2009): 241-49. Print.
  • Kurup, Ravikumar, and Parameswara Achutha Kurup. "A Cholesterol and Actinide Dependent Shadow Biosphere of Archaea and Viroids in Autoimmune Diseases." Immunobiology 217.3 (2012): 316-20. Print.
  • Ledford, Heidi. "Life-changing Experiments: The Biological Higgs." Nature 483.7391 (2012): 528-30. Print.
  • Lunine, Jonathan I. "Saturn's Titan: A Strict Test for Life's Cosmic Ubiquity." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 153.4 (2009): 403-18. Print.