About the Authors

María Arribas

Affiliation Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC), 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

Kirina Kubota

Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

Laura Cabanillas

Affiliation Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC), 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

Ester Lázaro

lazarole@cab.inta-csic.es

Affiliation Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC), 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EL. Performed the experiments: MA KK LC. Analyzed the data: EL MA KK LC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: EL.