Effects of simulated mars conditions on the survival and growth of Escherichia coli and Serratia liquefaciens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2377-2386

  Berry, Bonnie J ^a   Jenkins, David G ^a   Schuerger, Andrew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; DAYTIME OPERATIONS; DIURNAL PERIOD; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GAS COMPOSITIONS; HIGH GROWTH RATE; HIGH SALINITY; INOCULUM LEVEL; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; LIQUID MEDIUM; LOW PRESSURES; LOW SALT CONCENTRATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MARS ANALOGS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SALT CONCENTRATION; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SURFACE OF MARS; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; UV IRRADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIOLOGY; IRRADIATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOILS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERE; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MARS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SALINITY; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS;

EID: 77950586394     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02147-09     Document Type: Article

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