Resistance of the Lichen Buellia frigida to Simulated Space Conditions during the Preflight Tests for BIOMEX - Viability Assay and Morphological Stability

Astrobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 601-615

  Meessen J ^a   Wuthenow, P ^a   Schille, P ^a   Rabbow, E ^b   De Vera, J P P ^b   Ott, S ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUELLIA FRIGIDA;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ASCOMYCETES; ASTRONOMY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPACE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASCOMYCOTA; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENT DYES; LICHENS; MARS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84939430577     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2015.1281     Document Type: Article

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