Low-temperature ionizing radiation resistance of deinococcus radiodurans and antarctic dry valley bacteria

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 717-732

  Dartnell, Lewis R ^a   Hunter, Stephanie J ^a   Lovell, Keith V ^b   Coates, Andrew J ^c   Ward, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Dry Valley; Deinococcus radiodurans; Ionizing radiation resistance; Mars; Planetary protection

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COLD; DEINOCOCCUS; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IONIZING RADIATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROCLIMATE; PROTEOBACTERIA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RHODOCOCCUS;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DEINOCOCCUS; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RHODOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 77958180261     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0439     Document Type: Article

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