Shadow biosphere

A shadow biosphere is the hypothetical microbial biosphere of Earth that would use radically different biochemical and molecular processes from those of known life. Although life on Earth is relatively well studied, if a shadow biosphere exists, it may be unnoticed because the exploration of micro-organisms targets primarily the biochemistry of macro-organisms.

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