Graviperception in the flagellate Euglena gracilis during a shuttle space flight

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 261-269

  Häder, Donat P ^a   Rosum, Andreas ^a   Schäfer, Jochen ^a   Hemmersbach, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Euglena gracilis; flagellates; gravireceptor; gravitaxis; image analysis; microgravity; space experiment; swimming velocity; threshold

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GROWTH KINETICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; MICROSCOPES; SEDIMENTATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE RESEARCH; VELOCITY;

EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FLAGELLATES; GRAVIKINESIS; GRAVITAXIS; SLOW ROTATING CENTRIFUGE MICROSCOPE; SWIMMING VELOCITY;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GRAVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; SWIMMING;

EID: 0030603767     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(96)01374-0     Document Type: Editorial

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