The Effect of Simulated Microgravity on Bacteria from the Mir Space Station

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-41

  Baker, Paul W ^a   Leff, Laura ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; GRAVITATION; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA; SEDIMENTATION;

GRAVITY CONTROL; MIR SPACE STATIONS; SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MICROBIOLOGY; MIR PROJECT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NASA DISCIPLINE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM FUNDAMENTAL SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; RALSTONIA; ROTATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPHINGOBACTERIUM; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA DISCIPLINE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM FUNDAMENTAL SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOREACTORS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; MOVEMENT; RALSTONIA; ROTATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPHINGOBACTERIUM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 2342430101     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02870950     Document Type: Article

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