Survival and death of the haloarchaeon Natronorubrum strain HG-1 in a simulated martian environment

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1149-1155

  Peeters, Z ^a   Vos, D ^a   Ten Kate, I L ^b   Selch, F ^c   Van Sluis, C A ^a,d   Sorokin, D Yu ^d   Muijzer, G ^d   Stan Lotter, H ^e   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^d   Ehrenfreund, P ^a,f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Halophiles; Mars simulation; Mars soil analogue; Natronorubrum; Survival

Indexed keywords

DRIERS (MATERIALS); MICROORGANISMS; SOILS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HALOPHILES; MARS SIMULATION; MARS SOIL ANALOGUE; NATRONORUBRUM; SURVIVAL;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84755160666     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.025     Document Type: Article

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