Surviving on Mars: test with LISA simulator
Abstract
We present the results of experiments performed in the Padua simulators of planetary environments, named LISA, used to study the limits of bacterial life on the planet Mars. The survival of Bacillus strains for some hours in Martian environment is briefly discussed.
- Publication:
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Highlights of Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- November 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921310010951
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0910.4830
- Bibcode:
- 2010HiA....15..686G
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- To be published on Highlights of Astronomy, Volume 15 XXVIIth IAU General Assembly, August 2009 Ian F Corbett, ed. 2 pages, 1 figure