Title of article :
Microbial survival in space shuttle crash
Author/Authors :
McLean، نويسنده , , Robert J.C. and Welsh، نويسنده , , Allana K. and Casasanto، نويسنده , , Valerie A.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Abstract :
A slow growing, heat resistant bacterium, identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing as Microbispora sp., was recovered from the wreckage of the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia (STS-107). As this organism survived disintegration of the space craft, heat of reentry, and impact, it supports the possibility of a natural mechanism for the interplanetary spread of life by meteorites.
Keywords :
meteorites , Exobiology
