Extreme spore UV resistance of Bacillus pumilus isolates obtained from an ultraclean spacecraft assembly facility

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-163

  Link, L ^a   Sawyer, J ^a   Venkateswaran, K ^b   Nicholson, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; NASA CENTER JPL; NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

NASA CENTER JPL; NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACILLUS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SPACECRAFT; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PUMILUS;

EID: 2342573451     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-1029-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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