Raman spectroscopic analysis of cyanobacterial gypsum halotrophs and relevance for sulfate deposits on Mars

Analyst

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 917-923

  Edwards, Howell G M ^a   Villar, Susana E Jorge ^a,b   Parnell, John ^c   Cockell, Charles S ^d   Lee, Pascal ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CHLOROPHYLL; PHYSCION; SELENITE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GLOECAPSA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PROKARYOTIC CELL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SURVIVAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 21144447159     PISSN: 00032654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b503533c     Document Type: Article

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