Investigating the effects of simulated martian ultraviolet radiation on halococcus dombrowskii and other extremely halophilic archaebacteria

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-112

  Fendrihan, Sergiu ^a   Bérces, Attila ^b   Lammer, Helmut ^c   Musso, Maurizio ^a   Rontó, György ^b   Polacsek, Tatjana K ^a   Holzinger, Anita ^a   Kolb, Christoph ^a,c   Stan Lotter, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Halite fluid inclusions; Halococcus dombrowskii; LIVE DEAD staining; Simulated martian UV radiation; UV transmittance and reflectance

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC SALT; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; HALOCOCCUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEDIMENT; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ARCHAEON;

ARCHAEA; CRYSTALLIZATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOCOCCUS; MARS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SALTS; SPACE SIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ARCHAEA; HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA JAPONICA; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOBACTERIUM SP. NRC-1; HALOCOCCUS; HALOCOCCUS DOMBROWSKII;

EID: 63049092470     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0234     Document Type: Article

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