Recurrent isolation of hydrogen peroxide-resistant spores of Bacillus pumilus from a spacecraft assembly facility

Astrobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-405

  Kempf, Michael J ^a   Chen, Fei ^a   Kern, Roger ^a   Venkateswaran, Kasthuri ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; H2O2 resistance; Spacecraft assembly facility; Spores

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROCLIMATE; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

BACILLUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHYLOGENY; SPACECRAFT; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 21444461219     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2005.5.391     Document Type: Article

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