The authors anticipate that future advance in biomarker study, isotope geochemistry, and molecular biology will facilitate and improve our knowledge basis in the biogeochemistry of extremophiles.

• 作者预测未来将会在生物标志化合物研究、同位素地球化学分析和分子生物学综合研究的基础上协同推进极端微生物地球化学学科的发展。