Bacterial spores in granite survive hypervelocity launch by spallation: Implications for lithopanspermia

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 647-657

  Fajardo Cavazos, Patricia ^a   Langenhorst, Falko ^b,d   Melosh, H Jay ^c   Nicholson, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Ballistics; Lithopanspermia; Spallation; Spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GRANITE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESSURE; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXOBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESSURE; QUARTZ; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SIMULATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349605827     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2008.0326     Document Type: Article

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