PCR-based analysis of microbial communities during the EuroGeoMars campaign at Mars Desert Research Station, Utah

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-190

  Thiel, Cora S ^a   Ehrenfreund, Pascale ^b   Foing, Bernard ^c   Pletser, Vladimir ^c   Ullrich, Oliver ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

astrobiology; life detection; Mars Desert Research Station; microbial communities; PCR instrumentation; ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MARS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PLANETARY SURFACE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESEARCH INSTITUTION;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79959345558     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550411000073     Document Type: Article

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