About the Authors

Jackson Z. Lee

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jzlee2002@gmail.com

Affiliations Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States of America, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Petaluma, CA, United States of America

R. Craig Everroad

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States of America

Ulas Karaoz

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Angela M. Detweiler

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States of America, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Petaluma, CA, United States of America

Jennifer Pett-Ridge

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America

Peter K. Weber

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America

Leslie Prufert-Bebout

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States of America

Brad M. Bebout

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.