Mir space station bacteria responses to modeled reduced gravity under starvation conditions

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1152-1158

  Baker, Paul W ^a   Leff, Laura G ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilms; Microgravity; Starvation; Water system

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPACE STATIONS;

MICROGRAVITY; STARVATION; WATER SYSTEM;

BACTERIA;

EID: 33750506502     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

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