Researchers have demonstrated that cyanobacteria, among the oldest photosynthetic organisms on Earth, can be converted into fertilizer capable of supporting plant growth in simulated Martian soil. The ...
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A self-sufficient Mars garden? How cyanobacteria-based fertilizer could grow edible biomass
A research team from the Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), the Department of Environmental Process Engineering (UVT) at the University of Bremen and the German Aerospace ...
(Nanowerk News) The fertilizer is based on cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae. They have several properties that make them particularly suitable for the use on the Red Planet: They can use ...
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