New methods for microbial contamination monitoring: An experiment on board the MIR orbital station

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 40, Issue 2-8, 1997, Pages 195-201

  Guarnieri, V ^a   Gaia, E ^a   Battocchio, L ^a   Pitzurra, M ^d   Savino, A ^d   Pasquarella, C ^d   Vago, T ^b   Cotronei, V ^c  

^a ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

^b Interdisc Res Clin and Exp Adv   (Italy)

^c ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Hygiene; Life support systems; Microbial contamination; Miniculture; PCR

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT); MICROORGANISMS; SAMPLING;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION MONITORING; MINICULTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

SPACE STATIONS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG DURATION; MANNED; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIR PROJECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT;

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0030609188     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(97)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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