Characterization of the Survival Ability of Cupriavidus metallidurans and Ralstonia pickettii from Space-Related Environments

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 347-360

  Mijnendonckx, K ^a,b   Provoost, A ^a   Ott, C M ^c   Venkateswaran, K ^d   Mahillon, J ^b   Leys, N ^a   van Houdt, R ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS; RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

EID: 84873521977     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0139-2     Document Type: Article

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