Growth of a lower eukaryote in non-aromatic hydrocarbon media ≥C12 and its exobiological significance

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 693-709

  Marcano, Vicente ^a,b   Benitez, Pedro ^a,b   Palacios Prü, Ernesto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGI; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATION; PROTEINS; SPACE STATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PHENOTYPES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0036622282     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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