ArticleAstrobiology2017
Stratosphere Conditions Inactivate Bacterial Endospores from a Mars Spacecraft Assembly Facility.
Article in Astrobiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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21 citing papers in PubMed.
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- The Genetic Determinants of Extreme UV Radiation and Desiccation Tolerance in a Bacterium Recovered from the Stratosphere.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Effects of simulated space environmental conditions on cleanroom microbes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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- The Impact of Harsh Stratospheric Conditions on Survival and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Non-Spore Forming Multidrug Resistant Human Pathogenic Bacteria Causing Hospital-Associated Infections.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Bacterial molecular machinery in the Martian cryosphere conditions.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Protection and Damage Repair Mechanisms Contributed To the Survival ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Responses of Cyanobacterial Crusts and Microbial Communities to Extreme Environments of the Stratosphere.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- What's new and notable in bacterial spore killing!World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2021Review
- MARSBOx: Fungal and Bacterial Endurance From a Balloon-Flown Analog Mission in the Stratosphere.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
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- Planetary Protection and the astrobiological exploration of Mars: Proactive steps in moving forward.Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) · 2019Article
- Freezing Tolerance of Thermophilic Bacterial Endospores in Marine Sediments.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
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- The Cytoprotective Role of Antioxidants in Mammalian Cells Under Rapidly Varying UV Conditions During Stratospheric Balloon Campaign.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2019Article
- Survival of Extremophilic Yeasts in the Stratospheric Environment during Balloon Flights and in Laboratory Simulations.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2018Article
- Surviving in hot and cold: psychrophiles and thermophiles from Deception Island volcano, Antarctica.Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2018Article
- Is Searching for Martian Life a Priority for the Mars Community?Astrobiology · 2018Article
- Airborne Bacteria in Earth's Lower Stratosphere Resemble Taxa Detected in the Troposphere: Results From a New NASA Aircraft Bioaerosol Collector (ABC).Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Every spacecraft sent to Mars is allowed to land viable microbial bioburden, including hardy endospore-forming bacteria resistant to environmental extremes. Earth's stratosphere is severely cold, dry, irradiated, and oligotrophic; it can be used as a stand-in location for predicting how stowaway microbes might respond to the martian surface. We launched E-MIST, a high-altitude NASA balloon payload on 10 October 2015 carrying known quantities of viable Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 (4.07 × 10
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