Sustainable life support on Mars - The potential roles of cyanobacteria

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-92

  Verseux, Cyprien ^a,b   Baqué, Mickael ^a   Lehto, Kirsi ^c   De Vera, Jean Pierre P ^d   Rothschild, Lynn J ^b   Billi, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; in situ resource utilization (ISRU); life support systems; Mars exploration; space technologies; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EXPLORATION; IN SITU TEST; MARS; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84949322638     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147355041500021X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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