Using Thermal Inactivation Kinetics to Calculate the Probability of Extreme Spore Longevity: Implications for Paleomicrobiology and Lithopanspermia

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 621-631

  Nicholson, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Bacillus; D value; Lithopanspermia; Longevity; Paleomicrobiology; Spore; Survival; Thermal inactivation; Z value

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; LONGEVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; SPORE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; FOSSIL; KINETICS; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BACILLUS; FOSSILS; KINETICS; LONGEVITY; PROBABILITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIRGIBACILLUS; VIRGIBACILLUS MARISMORTUI;

EID: 0142039749     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025789032195     Document Type: Article

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