Survival of Akinetes (resting-state cells of cyanobacteria) in low earth orbit and simulated extraterrestrial conditions

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 565-579

  Olsson Francis, Karen ^a   de la Torre, Rosa ^b   Towner, Martin C ^a   Cockell, Charles S ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Akinetes; Cyanobacteria; Low earth orbit; Mars environment

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANABAENA CYLINDRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; COLD; DESICCATION; HEAT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

ANABAENA CYLINDRICA; COLD TEMPERATURE; DESICCATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPACECRAFT; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VACUUM;

ANABAENA CYLINDRICA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77949772377     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-009-9167-4     Document Type: Article

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