Apollo MEED mycology revisited and reviewed, including the Trichophyton terrestre keratinophilic growth at splashdown and 23 years after exposure to space parameters.

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Apollo MEED mycology revisited and reviewed, including the Trichophyton terrestre keratinophilic growth at splashdown and 23 years after exposure to space parameters.

Microbios - 1 Jan 1995

Volz P A, Long J D, Veselenak J M

Abstract excerpt

Keratinophilic Trichophyton terrestre conidia were exposed to selected parameters of space flight including 254, 280 and 300 nm UV light, full light and total darkness of space. Phenotypic isolates were grown on human hair collected from one source at years 1 and 23 after splashdown. The patterns...

Topics

Darkness
Hair
Humans
Light
Phenotype
Space Flight
Time Factors
Trichophyton
Ultraviolet Rays

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