Whole lichen thalli survive exposure to space conditions: Results of Lithopanspermia experiment with Aspicilia fruticulosa

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-292

  Raggio, J ^a   Pintado, A ^a   Ascaso, C ^b   De La Torre, R ^c   De Los Rios A ^b   Wierzchos, J ^b   Horneck, G ^d   Sancho, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Chlorophyll fluorescence; CO 2 exchange; Lichens; Panspermia; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; LICHENS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPAIN; SUNLIGHT; SYMBIOSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENCE; LICHENS; PLANT LEAVES; RUSSIA; SPACE FLIGHT; SPAIN; SUNLIGHT; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ASPICILIA;

EID: 79957500227     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0588     Document Type: Article

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