A potential cause for kidney stone formation during space flights: Enhanced growth of nanobacteria in microgravity

Kidney International

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 483-491

  Çiftçioǧlu, Neva ^a   Haddad, Ruwaida S ^b   Golden, D C ^b   Morrison, Dennis R ^b   McKay, David S ^b  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Kidney stones; Microgravity; Nanobacteria

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COSMONAUT; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GROWTH CURVE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCUBATION TIME; MICROGRAVITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STONE FORMATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 12344295424     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.67105.x     Document Type: Article

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