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Four strains of bacteria that can be carried in the human gut may not only survive in Martian soil, or "regolith," but, under the right conditions, thrive.
Worryingly, these bacteria have the potential to cause disease in humans.
The bacteria could also change under the conditions of Mars , making it hard to identify as having come from Earth .
Get the Space.com Newsletter Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World , New Scientist , Astronomy Magazine , All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science . He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics . Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University . Follow him on Twitter @sciencef1rst..
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