Space flight micro-fungi after 27 years storage in water and in continuous culture

Microbios

Volumn 96, Issue 384, 1998, Pages 111-125

  Volz, Paul A ^a   Parent, Sandra L ^a  

^a East Michigan Mycology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Micro fungi; Space flight; Storage; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

APOLLO 16 PROJECT; ARTICLE; CHAETOMIUM; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MANNED; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER AP002; RHODOTORULA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME; TRICHOPHYTON;

NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER AP002;

APOLLO 16 PROJECT; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION;

CHAETOMIUM; RHODOTORULA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOPHYTON; WATER;

EID: 0032234830     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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