title: Introduction to the special paper collection: methodologies and techniques for detecting extraterrestrial (microbial) life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968-0555, USA. dirksm@geo.utep.edu
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schulze-Makuch
authors.forename: Louis N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Irwin
mesh_terms: D018559:Exobiology / Q000379:methods*; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D019369:Life; D000069497:Origin of Life