Impact of assembly, testing and launch operations on the airborne bacterial diversity within a spacecraft assembly facility clean-room

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 223-236

  Newcombe, David A ^a,b   La Duc, Myron T ^a   Vaishampayan, Parag ^a   Venkateswaran, Kasthuri ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne; Bacteria; Clean rooms; Diversity; Phylogenetic; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

AIR; BACTERIUM; MARS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; SAMPLING; SPACECRAFT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TESTING METHOD;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMMELICHTHYIDAE; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 57649118679     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550408004254     Document Type: Article

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