About the Authors

Betül K. Arslan

Affiliations NASA Astrobiology Institute Center for Ribosomal Origins and Evolution, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Eric S. Boyd

Affiliations NASA Astrobiology Institute Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Wendy W. Dolci

Affiliation NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

K. Estelle Dodson

Affiliations NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America, Lockheed Martin, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

Marco S. Boldt

Affiliations NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America, Lockheed Martin, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

Carl B. Pilcher

carl.b.pilcher@nasa.gov

Affiliation NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.