Migrating microbes and planetary protection

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 389-392

  Nicholson, Wayne L ^a   Schuerger, Andrew C ^a   Race, Margaret S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SPACE FLIGHT;

BACTERIA; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PLANETS; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 69749118978     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2009.07.001     Document Type: Note

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