The role of synthetic biology for in situ resource utilization (ISRU)

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1135-1142

  Montague, Michael ^a   McArthur, George H ^b   Cockell, Charles S ^c   Held, Jason ^d   Marshall, William ^e   Sherman, Louis A ^f   Wang, Norman ^g   Nicholson, Wayne L ^h   Tarjan, Daniel R ⁱ   Cumbers, John ^j,k  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Saber Astronautics   (Australia)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

ⁱ LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Asteroid; Astrobiology; Biomineralogy; Cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIOREACTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; MOON; REVIEW; SEWAGE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPIRULINA; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOREACTORS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOD; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MINOR PLANETS; MOON; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SPIRULINA; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84870983183     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2012.0829     Document Type: Review

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