BIOMEX Experiment: Ultrastructural Alterations, Molecular Damage and Survival of the Fungus Cryomyces antarcticus after the Experiment Verification Tests

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 187-202

  Pacelli, Claudia ^a   Selbmann, Laura ^a   Zucconi, Laura ^a   De Vera, Jean Pierre ^b   Rabbow, Elke ^b   Horneck, Gerda ^b   de la Torre, Rosa ^c   Onofri, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

BIOMEX; Cryptoendolithic black fungus; DNA damage; Mars; Space simulations; Survival

Indexed keywords

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DNA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; MARS; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPEN SPACE; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL; TESTING METHOD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYOMYCES ANTARCTICUS; FUNGI;

ANTARCTICA; ASCOMYCETES; ASTROBIOLOGY; SPACE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ASCOMYCOTA; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84962176206     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: 15730875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-016-9485-2     Document Type: Article

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