Low gravity and inertial effects on the growth of E. coli and B. subtilin in semi-solid media

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1104-1108

  Kacena, Melissa A ^a   Leonard, P E ^a   Todd, Paul ^a   Luttges, M W ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL KINETICS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUID TRANSPORT; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; SPACE FLIGHT;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-60 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-62 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-63 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-69 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030782748     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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