Role of DNA protection and repair in resistance of Bacillus subtilis spores to ultrahigh shock pressures simulating hypervelocity impacts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6682-6689

  Moeller, Ralf ^a   Horneck, Gerda ^a   Rabbow, Elke ^a   Reitz, Günther ^a   Meyer, Cornelia ^b   Hornemann, Ulrich ^c   Stöffler, Dieter ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; DNA; GENES; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAINTENANCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ROCKS; SOLAR SYSTEM; STRESSES; WATER CONTENT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; CRITICAL STRESSES; DNA REPAIRS; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; INTERPLANETARY TRANSFERS; LINEAR DEPENDENCIES; MECHANICAL STRESSES; MODEL SYSTEMS; MUTATION RATES; PEAK TEMPERATURES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLANE WAVES; PLANETARY SURFACES; PRESSURE RESPONSES; ROCK COMPOSITIONS; ROCK MATERIALS; SHOCK PRESSURES; SIMULATING; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; ULTRAHIGH;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

BACTERIUM; DNA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MUTATION; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 55049124330     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01091-08     Document Type: Article

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