Transcriptomic responses of germinating bacillus subtilis spores exposed to 1.5 years of space and simulated martian conditions on the EXPOSE-E experiment PROTECT

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 469-486

  Nicholson, Wayne L ^a   Moeller, Ralf ^c   Horneck, Gerda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROCLIMATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA DAMAGE; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPACE SIMULATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84862015988     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0748     Document Type: Article

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