Resistance and survival of endolithic microorganisms in outer space and Mars conditions simulated in space

• Main Author: Scalzi, Giuliano
• Other Authors: Onofri, Silvano
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Università degli studi della Tuscia - Viterbo 2012
• Subjects: Astrobiology; Lithopanspermia; Radiation; Resistance; Survival; Vacuum; Astrobiologia; Litopanspermia; Resistenza; Sopravvivenza; Vuoto; BIO/02; Allo; Antarctic; Basso; Hanno; Antarc*; antartic*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2067/2572

Dottorato di ricerca in Evoluzione biologica e biochimica Cryptoendolithic microbial communities and epilithic lichens have been considered as appropriate candidates for the scenario of Lithopanspermia, which proposes a natural interplanetary exchange of organisms by means of rocks that have been im...