Planetary resources and astroecology. Planetary microcosm models of asteroid and meteorite interiors: Electrolyte solutions and microbial growth - Implications for space populations and panspermia

Astrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-76

  Mautner, Michael N ^a,b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Astroecology; Comets; Meteorites; Microorganisms; Panspermia

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

ELECTROLYTE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ELECTROLYTES; EXOBIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0036491049     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110702753621349     Document Type: Article

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