S.A.M., the Italian Martian simulation chamber.
Orig Life Evol Biosph
; 36(5-6): 625-7, 2006 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-17120119
ABSTRACT
The Martian Environment Simulator (SAM "Simulatore di Ambiente Marziano") is a interdisciplinary project of Astrobiology done at University of Padua. The research is aimed to the study of the survival of the microorganisms exposed to the "extreme" planetary environment. The facility has been designed in order to simulate Mars' environmental conditions in terms of atmospheric pressure, temperature cycles and UV radiation dose. The bacterial cells, contained into dedicated capsules, will be exposed to thermal cycles simulating diurnal and seasonal Martian cycles. The metabolism of the different biological samples will be analysed at different phases of the experiment, to study their survival and eventual activity of protein synthesis (mortality, mutations and capability of DNA repairing). We describe the experimental facility and provide the perspectives of the biological experiments we will perform in order to provide hints on the possibility of life on Mars either autochthonous or imported from Earth.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Simulação de Ambiente Espacial
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Marte
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Exobiologia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Orig Life Evol Biosph
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália