The potential of the lichen symbiosis to cope with the extreme conditions of outer space II: Germination capacity of lichen ascospores in response to simulated space conditions

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1236-1243

  de Vera, J P ^a   Horneck, G ^b   Rettberg, P ^b   Ott, S ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascospores; Astrobiology; Germination capacity; Lichen symbiosis; Outer space conditions; Viability

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ECOLOGY; FUNGI; MICROORGANISMS; PIGMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GELATINOUS LAYERS; GERMINATION CAPACITIES; SYMBIOSIS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EXOBIOLOGY; LICHEN;

EID: 2342649468     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.10.035     Document Type: Article

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