Are these stratospheric nanoparticles bacteria?

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 756-758

  Wainwright, M ^a   Wickramasinghe, N C ^b   Narlikar, J V ^c   Rajaratnam, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^d INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATOSPHERE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1942537602     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26907-0     Document Type: Note

References (5)

1. Bigg, E. K. (1984). Particles in the upper atmosphere. In Fundamental Studies and the Future of Science, pp. 38-51. Edited by C. Wickramasinghe. Cardiff: University of Cardiff Press.
2. Harris, M. J., Wickramasinghe, N. C., Lloyd, D. & 7 other authors (2002). Detection of living cells in stratospheric samples. In Proceedings of SPIE. Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology IV, vol. 4495, pp. 192-198. Edited by R. B. Hoover, G. V. Levin, R. R. Paepe & A. Y. Rozanov. Bellingham, WA, USA: International Society for Optical Engineering.
3. McKay, D. S., Gibson, E. K., Jr, Thomas-Keprta, K. L., Vali, H., Romanek, C. S., Clemett, S. J., Chiller, X. D., Maechling, C. R. & Zare, R. N. (1996). Search for past life on Mars: possible relic of biogenic activity in Martian meteorite ALH84001. Science 273, 924-930.
4. Wainwright, M. (1999). Nanobacteria and associated 'elementary bodies' in human disease and cancer. Microbiology 145, 2623-2624.
5. Wainwright, M., Wickramasinghe, N. C., Narlikar, J. V. & Rajaratnam, P. (2003). Microorganisms cultured from stratospheric air samples obtained at 41 km. FEMS Microbiol Lett 218, 161-165.