Degradation of microbial fluorescence biosignatures by solar ultraviolet radiation on Mars

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 112-123

  Dartnell, Lewis R ^a,b   Patel, Manish R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biosignatures; extremophile; fluorescence; life detection; Mars; spectroscopy; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; EXTREMOPHILE; FLUORESCENCE; MARS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PIGMENT;

EID: 84898763323     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550413000335     Document Type: Article

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