如果火星上的黄钾铁矾也是在微生物的帮助下形成的,我们就有可能在所找到的样品中发现它们的残留物。
It's possible that if the jarosite on Mars was also formed with the help of microorganisms, we might be able to detect remnants of them in the samples we find.
由于大多数行星科学家认为水是生命的基本要素,因此黄钾铁矾的存在意味着火星上曾经存在出现生命的先决条件之一。
Since most planetary scientists believe that water is essential to life, the presence of jarosite means that one prerequisite for life was once present on Mars.
在地球上形成黄钾铁矾的其中一个步骤涉及到微生物;实际上,微生物能大幅加快黄钾铁矾的形成。
One step in its formation on Earth involves microorganisms; they actually speed up the formation of jarosite dramatically.
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