Rapid culture-independent microbial analysis aboard the international space station (ISS) stage two: Quantifying three microbial biomarkers

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 830-840

  Morris, Heather C ^a   Damon, Michael ^b   Maule, Jake ^b   Monaco, Lisa A ^a   Wainwright, Norm ^c  

^a JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Microbiology; Planetary protection; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; SPACE FLIGHT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; SPACECRAFT; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LIMULUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84866502477     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2012.0863     Document Type: Article

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