The viability with respect to temperature of micro-organisms incident on the Earth's atmosphere

Authors
Hoyle, F Wickramasinghe, NC Al-Mufti, S
Citation
F. Hoyle et al., The viability with respect to temperature of micro-organisms incident on the Earth's atmosphere, ASTRO SP SC, 268(1-3), 1999, pp. 45-50
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
0004640X → ACNP
Volume
268
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
45 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1999)268:1-3<45:TVWRTT>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Using laboratory measurements of the resistance of E. coli to flash-heating , it is shown that a large fraction of interplanetary micro-organisms in pr ograde orbits could be added to the Earth without losing viability due to b eating by the atmospheric gases.