Laboratory studies have demonstrated that cyanobacteria strains including Anabaena cylindrica, Leptolyngbya spp., and Chroococcidiopsis spp. can effectively photosynthesize on Martian regolith simulants under low pressure and CO₂-rich conditions.

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• Chroococcidiopsis concept