Resistance of Bacillus endospores to extreme terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 548-572

  Nicholson, W L ^a   Munakata, N ^a   Horneck, G ^a   Melosh, H J ^a   Setlow, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOLAR RADIATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033818517     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.64.3.548-572.2000     Document Type: Review

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