Biopan-survival I: Exposure of the osmophiles Synechococcus sp. (Nageli) and Haloarcula sp. to the space environment

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-334

  Mancinelli, R L ^a   White, M R ^a   Rothschild, L J ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000952075     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(98)00189-6     Document Type: Article

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