Measurements of microbial protection from ultraviolet radiation in polar terrestrial microhabitats

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Cockell, Charles, Rettberg, Petra, Horneck, Gerda, Scherer, Kerstin, Stokes, M. Dale
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2003
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Zoology; Antarctic; Arctic; Devon Island; Mars Oasis; Rothera; Rothera Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12630/; http://www.springerlink.com/content/mdntfbg3pkdr11p0/fulltext.html

Biological dosimeters made from a monolayer of Bacillus subtilis spores were used to investigate the penetration of ultraviolet radiation into some widespread terrestrial microbial microhabitats at polar latitudes: at Mars Oasis (72 S) and Rothera Station (67 S) (UK) in the Antarctic (November 2000)...