Enumeration, isolation, and characterization of ultraviolet (UV-C) resistant bacteria from rock varnish in the Whipple Mountains, California

Icarus

Volumn 174, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 585-595

  Kuhlman, K R ^a   Allenbach, L B ^b   Ball, C L ^b   Fusco, W G ^b   La Duc, M T ^a   Kuhlman, G M ^a   Anderson, R C ^a   Stuecker, T ^a   Erickson, I K ^b   Benardini, J ^b   Crawford, R L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Exobiology; Mars; Rock varnish; Ultraviolet observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 15544373951     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.11.022     Document Type: Article

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