Survival of spores of the UV-Resistant bacillus subtilis strain MW01 after exposure to low-earth orbit and simulated martian conditions: Data from the space experiment ADAPT on EXPOSE-E

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 498-507

  Wassmann, Marko ^a   Moeller, Ralf ^a   Rabbow, Elke ^a   Panitz, Corinna ^b   Horneck, Gerda ^a   Reitz, Günther ^a   Douki, Thierry ^c   Cadet, Jean ^c   Stan Lotter, Helga ^d   Cockell, Charles S ^e   Rettberg, Petra ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPACE SIMULATION; SPACECRAFT; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84862013654     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0772     Document Type: Article

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