Destruction of Raman biosignatures by ionising radiation and the implications for life detection on Mars

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 403, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-144

  Dartnell, Lewis R ^a,b   Page, Kristian ^c   Jorge Villar, Susana E ^d   Wright, Gary ^e   Munshi, Tasnim ^c   Scowen, Ian J ^c   Ward, John M ^a   Edwards, Howell G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Planetary Sciences University College London   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Facultad de Humanidades y Educacion   (Spain)

^e CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Biosignature; Cosmic rays; Mars; Microbe; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOSIGNATURES; COSMIC RAYS (UHECRS); CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; EXOMARS ROVERS; HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS; LIFE DETECTION; MARS; MARTIAN SURFACE; MICROBE; MICROBIAL LIFE; MODEL ORGANISMS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; RADIATION RESISTANT; RAMAN LASERS; RAMAN SIGNAL; RAMAN SIGNATURES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPECTRAL PEAK; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ASTROBIOLOGY; COSMIC RAYS; MICROORGANISMS; OCEAN HABITATS; PIGMENTS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

IONIZING RADIATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DEINOCOCCUS; IONIZING RADIATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

DEINOCOCCUS; LIFE; MARS; RADIATION, IONIZING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 84858752722     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-5829-6     Document Type: Article

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