| microbial survival of space vacuum and extreme ultraviolet irradiation: strain isolation and analysis during a rocket flight. | we have recovered new isolates from hot springs, in yellowstone national park and the kamchatka peninsula, after gamma-irradiation and exposure to high vacuum (10(-6) pa) of the water and sediment samples. the resistance to desiccation and ionizing radiation of one of the isolates, bacillus sp. strain ps3d, was compared to that of the mesophilic bacterium, deinococcus radiodurans, a species well known for its extraordinary resistance to desiccation and high doses of ionizing radiation. survival ... | 2002 | 12393217 |