Erratum to: Biofilm and Planktonic Lifestyles Differently Support the Resistance of the Desert Cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis Under Space and Martian Simulations (Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 10.1007/s11084-013-9341-6);Biofilm and Planktonic Lifestyles Differently Support the Resistance of the Desert Cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis Under Space and Martian Simulations

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 377-389

  Baqué, Mickael ^a   Scalzi, Giuliano ^a   Rabbow, Elke ^b   Rettberg, Petra ^b   Billi, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Biofilm; Chroococcidiopsis; DNA damage; Mars simulation; Space simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTON; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

EGYPT; ISRAEL; NEGEV; SINAI; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT CLIMATE; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENT; ISRAEL; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; ISRAEL; MARS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VACUUM;

EID: 84897085928     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-014-9357-6     Document Type: Erratum

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