Resistance of Antarctic black fungi and cryptoendolithic communities to simulated space and Martian conditions

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2008, Pages 99-109

  Onofri, S ^a   Barreca, D ^a   Selbmann, L ^a   Isola, D ^a   Rabbow, E ^b   Horneck, G ^b   de Vera, J P P ^c   Hatton, J ^d   Zucconi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ESA ESTEC (HME GA) Noordwijk   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Cryptoendolithic community; Fungi; Ground based experiments; Lithopanspermia; Panspermia; Space conditions; Stress resistance; Viability

Indexed keywords

CRYOMYCES ANTARCTICUS; FUNGI;

EID: 59249104702     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3114/sim.2008.61.10     Document Type: Article

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