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Endolith

An endolith or endolithic is an organism (archaeon, bacterium, fungus, lichen, algae, sponge, or amoeba) that is able to acquire the necessary resources for growth in the inner part of a rock, mineral, coral, animal shells, or in the pores between mineral grains of a rock. Many are extremophiles, living in places long considered inhospitable to life. The…

Art, Environment & Metabolism and survival

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Environment

Metabolism and survival

Ecology

Endolithic fungi and algae in marine ecosystems

Endolithic parasitism

Relationship with astrobiology

Geological evidence

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Endolith

Nodes91
Edges90
Triples121
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021978
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Endolith

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related to Environment · 29
Endolith → Al-Jafr, Alps, Antarctic, Antarctica, Arctic, Atacama, Chile, China, Depression, Dry Valleys, Endolithic, Endoliths, Gobi, However, Israel, Jordan, Judging, Mojave, Mongolia, Namib
related to Metabolism and survival · 19
Endolith → According, Additionally, Another, As, Atlantic, DiRuggiero, DNA, Early, In August, Indian, It, Many, Meslier, Most, Pacific, Photosynthetic, The, The Ocean Drilling Program, Whether
related to Endolithic fungi and algae in marine ecosystems · 14
Endolith → Although, Australia, Charles Flahault, Conchyliastrum, Discovery, Dodgella, Edouard Bornet, Endolithic, Findings, French, George Zembrowski, Lithopythium, Ostracoblabe, These
related to Relationship with astrobiology · 13
Endolith → An, Earth, Earth's, Endolithic, Furthermore, In, Life, Mars, Mars's, Several, The, There, UV
related to Geological evidence · 9
Endolith → DNA, In, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Namibia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, These, Traces, While
related to Ecology · 7
Endolith → As, Endolithic, In, Near-surface, SLiME, Some, The
related to Endolithic fungi found in the eggs of Cretaceous dinosaurs · 7
Endolith → According, China, Endolithic, Evidence, Fungus, It, They
related to Endolithic parasitism · 5
Endolith → Although, Perna, South Africa, The, Until
related to External links · 4
Endolith → Compiled, Endolith Advanced Collection, Endoliths General Collection, This
related to Subdefinitions · 1
Endolith → The

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Mojaveinstance ofThere are reports in warm hyper-arid and arid deserts0.80text
Sonorainstance ofThere are reports in warm hyper-arid and arid deserts0.80text
beta carotenesinstance ofpigments0.80text
chlorophyllinstance ofpigments0.80text
especially in cyanobacteriainstance ofpigments0.80text
some algaeinstance ofpigments0.80text
help to protect against dangerous radiationinstance ofpigments0.80text
act as a way to obtain energyinstance ofpigments0.80text
the decrease in strength of the mussel shellsinstance ofThe infestation of phototrophic endoliths resulted in lethal and sub-lethal effects0.80text
Marsinstance ofwhich helps to propose those lithologies as life detection targets on an extra-terrestrial surface0.80text
news articlesinstance ofThis collection of online resources0.80text
web sitesinstance ofThis collection of online resources0.80text

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