Accession Number:

AD0488784

Title:

STUDIES WITH A SIMULATED MARTIAN ENVIRONMENT. BACTERIAL SYNERGISM: PRELIMINARY SYSTEMS

Descriptive Note:

Technical documentary rept.

Corporate Author:

SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE BROOKS AFB TX

Report Date:

1963-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

Simulated Martian environment permitted survival of endospores of Bacillus cereus but not the photosynthetic nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrium. There was no evidence of a synergistic relationship. Observed increases in colony counts of B. cereus appeared due to temperature cycling.

Subject Categories:

  • Stress Physiology
  • Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE