Determination of the microbial diversity of spacecraft assembly, testing and launch facilities: First results of the ESA project MiDiv

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1260-1265

  Rettberg, P ^a   Fritze, D ^b   Verbarg, S ^b   Nellen, J ^a   Horneck, G ^a   Stackebrandt, E ^b   Kminek, G ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clean room; Cultivable microorganisms; Microbial diversity; Planetary protection; Spacecraft assembly facility

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DATABASE SYSTEMS; LAUNCHING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SPACE RESEARCH;

CLEAN ROOM; CULTIVABLE MICROORGANISMS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PLANETARY PROTECTION; SPACECRAFT ASSEMBLY FACILITY;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33751053546     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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