Comparative survival analysis of deinococcus radiodurans and the haloarchaea natrialba magadii and haloferax volcanii exposed to vacuum ultraviolet irradiation

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1034-1040

  Abrevaya, Ximena C ^a   Paulino Lima, Ivan G ^b   Galante, Douglas ^c   Rodrigues, Fabio ^c   Mauas, Pablo J D ^a   Cortón, Eduardo ^a   Lage, Claudia De Alencar Santos ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Panspermia; Planetary protection; Radiation resistance; Synchrotron; Vacuum ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEINOCOCCUS; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

DEINOCOCCUS; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VACUUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; HALOBACTERIA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; NATRIALBA MAGADII;

EID: 84555196221     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0607     Document Type: Article

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