Adverse effects of microgravity on the magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 775-780

  Urban, James E ^a  

^a BioServe Space Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CORRELATION METHODS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE STATIONS;

MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIUM;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MAGNETISM; MANNED; MICROBIOLOGY; MIR PROJECT; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STS-77 SHUTTLE PROJECT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT; SHORT DURATION; STS-77 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORIENTATION; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0034310729     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(00)00120-X     Document Type: Article

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