The solar UV environment and bacterial spore UV resistance: Considerations for Earth-to-Mars transport by natural processes and human spaceflight

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 571, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 249-264

  Nicholson, Wayne L ^a   Schuerger, Andrew C ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Interplanetary transfer; Planetary protection; Spore resistance; Spores; UV resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL PROTECTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA REPAIR; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

EID: 14644430929     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.10.012     Document Type: Review

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