Super-long anabiosis of ancient microorganisms in ice and terrestrial models for development of methods to search for life on Mars, Europa and other planetary bodies

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1191-1197

  Abyzov, S S ^a   Duxbury, N S ^b   Bobin, N E ^c   Fukuchi, M ^d   Hoover, R B ^e   Kanda, H ^d   Mitskevich, I N ^a   Mulyukin, A L ^a   Naganuma, T ^f   Poglazova, M N ^a   Ivanov, M V ^a  

^a WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SAINT PETERSBURG MINING UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^f HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice sheet; Comets; Europa; Icy satellites; Super long anabiosis; Terrestrial analogs of Martian habitats; Viable microorganisms

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; ICE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMAFROST;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; COMETS; ICY SATELLITES; SUPER-LONG ANABIOSIS; TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS OF MARTIAN HABITATS; VIABLE MICROORGANISMS;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 33751027424     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.034     Document Type: Article

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