Setting a standard: The Limulus Amebocyte Lysate assay and the assessment of microbial contamination on spacecraft surfaces

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 845-852

  Morris, Heather C ^a   Monaco, Lisa A ^a   Steele, Andrew ^b   Wainwright, Norm ^c  

^a JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

845 852.; Astrobiology Planetary protection Microbiology Biosensor. Astrobiology 10

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENDOTOXINS; LIMULUS TEST; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPACECRAFT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

LIMULUS;

EID: 78649505069     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0446     Document Type: Article

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