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Long-term survival of bacterial spores in space.
- G. Horneck, H. Bucker, G. Reitz
- Physics, Medicine
- Advances in space research : the official journal…
- 1 October 1994
On board of the NASA Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF), spores of Bacillus subtilis in monolayers (10(6)/sample) or multilayers (10(8)/sample) were exposed to the space environment for nearly… Expand
A biosensor for environmental genotoxin screening based on an SOS lux assay in recombinant Escherichia coli cells.
- L. Ptitsyn, G. Horneck, +4 authors P. Rettberg
- Biology, Medicine
- Applied and environmental microbiology
- 1 November 1997
A genetically controlled luminescent bacterial reporter assay, the SOS lux test, was developed for rapid detection of environmental genotoxins. The bioassay is based on the recombinant plasmid… Expand
Systematic Study of Parameters Influencing the Action of Rose Bengal with Visible Light on Bacterial Cells: Comparison Between the Biological Effect and Singlet‐Oxygen Production
- M. Schäfer, C. Schmitz, +4 authors J. Ortner
- Medicine
- Photochemistry and photobiology
- 1 May 2000
As part of a project to study different methods for the disinfection of effluent water, the inactivation of different microorganisms (Escherichia coli, Deinococcus radiodurans and spores of Bacillus… Expand
Lichens survive in space: results from the 2005 LICHENS experiment.
- L. G. Sancho, R. de la Torre, +5 authors M. Schuster
- Biology, Medicine
- Astrobiology
- 13 July 2007
This experiment was aimed at establishing, for the first time, the survival capability of lichens exposed to space conditions. In particular, the damaging effect of various wavelengths of… Expand
Natural transfer of viable microbes in space.
- C. Mileikowsky, F. Cucinotta, +7 authors J. Zheng
- Medicine
- Icarus
- 2000
The possibility and probability of natural transfer of viable microbes from Mars to Earth and Earth to Mars traveling in meteoroids during the first 0.5 Ga and the following 4 Ga are investigated,… Expand
Survival of rock-colonizing organisms after 1.5 years in outer space.
- S. Onofri, R. de la Torre, +8 authors G. Horneck
- Biology, Medicine
- Astrobiology
- 8 June 2012
Cryptoendolithic microbial communities and epilithic lichens have been considered as appropriate candidates for the scenario of lithopanspermia, which proposes a natural interplanetary exchange of… Expand
Microbial rock inhabitants survive hypervelocity impacts on Mars-like host planets: first phase of lithopanspermia experimentally tested.
- G. Horneck, D. Stöffler, +8 authors N. Artemieva
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Astrobiology
- 21 February 2008
The scenario of lithopanspermia describes the viable transport of microorganisms via meteorites. To test the first step of lithopanspermia, i.e., the impact ejection from a planet, systematic shock… Expand
Astrobiology: The Quest for the Conditions of Life
- G. Horneck, C. Baumstark-Khan
- Engineering
- 23 September 2011
Organic Material in Space and Habitable Zones.- Water and Life.- Electromagnetic Fields, Radiation and Life.- Gravity and Life.- Complexity and Life.- Forthcoming Space Missions Relevant for… Expand
Whole lichen thalli survive exposure to space conditions: results of Lithopanspermia experiment with Aspicilia fruticulosa.
- J. Raggio, A. Pintado, +5 authors L. Sancho
- Biology, Medicine
- Astrobiology
- 20 May 2011
The Lithopanspermia space experiment was launched in 2007 with the European Biopan facility for a 10-day spaceflight on board a Russian Foton retrievable satellite. Lithopanspermia included for the… Expand
Life Sciences
- H. B�CKER, G. Horneck, +22 authors M. Delpoux
- Physics, Medicine
- Science
- 13 July 1984
The radiobiological properties of the heavy ions of cosmic radiation were investigated on Spacelab 1 by use of biostacks, monolayers of biological test organisms sandwiched between thin foils of… Expand