Damage escape and repair in dried chroococcidiopsis spp. from hot and cold deserts exposed to simulated space and martian conditions

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-73

  Billi, Daniela ^a   Viaggiu, Emanuela ^a   Cockell, Charles S ^b   Rabbow, Elke ^c   Horneck, Gerda ^c   Onofri, Silvano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Chroococcidiopsis; Endolithic cyanobacteria; Ground based experiments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL FRACTIONATION; COLD; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROCLIMATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPACE FLIGHT;

COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MARS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPACE SIMULATION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 79952019471     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0430     Document Type: Article

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