Martian soil and UV radiation: Microbial viability assessment on spacecraft surfaces

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1093-1097

  Mancinelli, Rocco L ^a   Klovstad, Melisa ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000526498     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(00)00083-0     Document Type: Article

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