Lessons learned from the microbial analysis of the herschel spacecraft during assembly, integration, and test operations

Astrobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1125-1139

  Moissl Eichinger, Christine ^a   Pukall, Rüdiger ^b   Probst, Alexander J ^a   Stieglmeier, Michaela ^a   Schwendner, Petra ^a,c   Mora, Maximilian ^a   Barczyk, Simon ^c   Bohmeier, Maria ^c   Rettberg, Petra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Herschel; Microbial diversity; Planetary protection; Spacecraft assembly facility

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; MICROFLORA; SPACE FLIGHT;

BIODIVERSITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIOTA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84890689077     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2013.1024     Document Type: Article

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