Chemical markers for bacteria in extraterrestrial samples

Anatomical Record

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 180-185

  Fox, Alvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Exobiology; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; FATTY ACID; ISOTOPE; MURAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ENANTIOMER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIFE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SAMPLING;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MARS; METEOROIDS; MOON; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARNASSIUS APOLLO;

EID: 0036828781     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.10152     Document Type: Article

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