International Journal of Astrobiology

Table of Contents - 2004 - Volume 3, Issue 01  


Confirmation of the presence of viable but non-cultureable bacteria in the stratosphere

M. Wainwright a1, N.C. Wickramasinghe a2, J.V. Narlikar a3, P. Rajaratnam a4 and Joy Perkins a5
a1 Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK email: m.wainwright@sheffield.ac.uk
a2 Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology Cardiff University, 2 North Road, Cardiff CF10 3DY, UK
a3 Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Post Bag 4, Ganshkhind, Pune 411 007, India
a4 Indian Space Agency Research Organisation, Antariksh Bhavan, New Bel Road, Bangalore 560 094, India
a5 Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK

Article author query
wainwright m   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
wickramasinghe n   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
narlikar j   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
rajaratnam p   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
perkins j   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 

Abstract

The presence of viable, but non-cultureable, bacteria on membranes through which stratospheric air samples were passed has been confirmed using viable fluorescent staining.

(Published Online August 5 2004)
(Received January 5 2004)
(Accepted January 5 2004)


Key Words: aerobiology; astrobiology; bacteria; stratosphere.