Haloarchaeal survival over geological times and the detection of extraterrestrial halite - Implications for the search for life on Mars

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 545, 2004, Pages 63-66

  Stan Lotter, Helga ^a   Legat, Andrea ^a   Fendrihan, Sergiu ^a   Leuko, Stefan ^a   Gruber, Claudia ^a   Radax, Christian ^a   Pfaffenhuemer, Marion ^a   Weidler, Gerhard ^a   Rittmann, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; ENZYMES; EVAPORATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; FLUORESCENCE; GEOLOGY; LIPIDS; METEORITES; RNA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRAIN;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL HALITE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; HALOARCHAEA; ROCK SALTS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342450675     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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