Protection of chemolithoautotrophic bacteria exposed to simulated Mars environmental conditions

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 482-487

  Gomez Felipe F ^a   Mateo Martí, Eva ^a   Prieto Ballesteros, Olga ^a   Martín Gago, Jose ^a   Amils, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Mars; Mars, Surface; Regoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956269580     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.05.027     Document Type: Article

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