Melissa: A potential experiment for a precursor mission to the moon

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 111-117

  Lasseur, Ch ^a   Verstraete, W ^b   Gros, J B ^c   Dubertret, G ^d   Rogalla, F ^e  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Microbial Ecology   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Anjou Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MOON; RAT; RHODOBACTER; RHODOSPIRILLUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOON; RATS; RHODOBACTER; RHODOSPIRILLUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030307558     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1177(96)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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