Detection of Aerobic Bacterial Endospores: From Air Sampling, Sterilization Validation to Astrobiology

• Main Author: Yung, Pun To Douglas
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: California Institute of Technology 2008
• Subjects: anthrax; time-gated microscopy; dipicolinic acid; Greenland ice core; spore; exobiology; NASA; GISP2; sterilization validation; air sampling; terbium; Bioengineering; Atacama Desert; astrobiology; bioindicator; surface sampling; Antarctic; Greenland; Lake Vida; Antarc*; Ice; ice core; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7907/9gj2-fv58; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05292008-064614

Bacterial endospores are formed in genera such as Bacillus and Clostridium in times of incipient stresses. Derivative of their remarkable resistance and ubiquity, endospores are delivery vehicles for anthrax attack, biological indicators for checking sterilization efficacy, and candidates for Panspe...