Survival of microorganisms under the extreme conditions of the Atacama desert

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 287-303

  Dose, Klaus ^a   Bieger Dose, Angelika ^a   Ernst, Birgit ^b   Feister, Uwe ^c   Gómez Silva, Benito ^d   Klein, Anke ^a   Risi, Sergio ^a   Stridde, Christine ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Conidia; Deinococcus radiodurans; DNA lesions; Dormant life; Extreme dryness; Martian environment; Solar UVB; Spores; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; DESERT; MICROORGANISM; SPORE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASTRONOMY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM; CHILE; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA DAMAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; CHILE; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUNLIGHT;

CHILE;

EID: 0034992840     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010788829265     Document Type: Article

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