Microorganisms cultured from stratospheric air samples obtained at 41 km

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 161-165

  Wainwright, M ^a   Wickramasinghe, N C ^b   Narlikar, J V ^c   Rajaratnam, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^d INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Exobiology; Extreme environment; Panspermia

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SIMPLEX; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGYODONTIUM ALBUM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PASTEURI; STRATOSPHERE;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERE; BACILLUS; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FUNGI; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACILLUS SIMPLEX; ENGYODONTIUM ALBUM; FUNGI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PASTEURI;

EID: 0037458181     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01138-2     Document Type: Article

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