Resistance ofBacillusEndospores to Extreme Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments

作者：Wayne L. Nicholson, Nobuo Munakata, G. Horneck, H. J. Melosh, Peter Setlow · 发表于：Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews · 年份：2000 · DOI：10.1128/mmbr.64.3.548-572.2000 · 被引用次数：2041 · 研究领域：Planetary Science and Exploration、Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research、Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

Endospores of Bacillus spp., especially Bacillus subtilis, have served as experimental models for exploring the molecular mechanisms underlying the incredible longevity of spores and their resistance to environmental insults. In this review we summarize the molecular laboratory model of spore resistance mechanisms and attempt to use the model as a basis for exploration of the resistance of spores to environmental extremes both on Earth and during postulated interplanetary transfer through space as a result of natural impact processes.