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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2004

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

Keywords

aerobiologyastrobiologybacteriastratosphere
Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Astrobiology , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , January 2004 , pp. 13 - 15
Copyright
2004 Cambridge University Press

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