Fungal growth on synthetic cloth from Apollo spacesuits

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-54

  Breuker, M ^a   Mcnamara, C ^b   Young, L ^c   Perry, T ^b   Young, A ^c   Mitchell, R ^b  

^a Northeast Cultural Resources Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Apollo spacesuits; Biodegradation; Cladosporium; Paecilomyces; Synthetic polymers

Indexed keywords

CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PAECILOMYCES; PARNASSIUS APOLLO;

EID: 0346958290     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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