Rapid culture-independent microbial analysis aboard the International Space Station (ISS)

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 759-775

  Maule, Jake ^a   Wainwright, Norm ^b   Steele, Andrew ^c   Monaco, Lisa ^d   Morris, Heather ^d   Gunter, Daniel ^e   Damon, Michael ^a   Wells, Mark ^f  

^a BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination control; Crew health; International Space Station (ISS); Planetary protection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; MICROCLIMATE; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MICROCHIP ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 70350345445     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2008.0319     Document Type: Article

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