Laser-induced fluorescence emission (L.I.F.E.): In situ nondestructive detection of microbial life in the ice covers of antarctic lakes

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 659-672

  Storrie Lombardi, Michael C ^a   Sattler, Birgit ^b  

^a Kinohi Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cryosphere; Ice; Mars; Photosynthesis; Psychrophiles

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SILICON;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE; ICE COVER; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LASER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOGENESIS; CYANOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; LASERS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RUSSIA; SILICON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 70349601406     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0351     Document Type: Article

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