All life we know no matter how freaky in other respects, is still based on organic molecules dissolved in water, and we all use the same basic cellular machinery. Extremophiles haven’t fundamentally changed the way we think about strategies to look for life, but they have bolstered the optimism with which we search. Right now anywhere with liquid water is considered a possible habitat, and this guides our quest.
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Stan-Lotter, H. (2012). Physico-Chemical Boundaries of Life. In Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes: Novel Research Results and Application (pp. 1–20). Springer-Verlag Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99691-1_1
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