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A laboratory experiment with relevance to the survival of micro-organisms entering a planetary atmosphere
✍ Scribed by S. Al-Mufti; F. Hoyle; N. C. Wickramasinghe
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-0794
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✦ Synopsis
A culture of E.coli was initially subjected to brief exposures to heat for durations of 30-60 s, starting with a temperature of 270 "C. A stepwise increase of this temperature from 270 "C-750 "C and a sequential culturing led to the emergence of a strain of this bacterium with a much higher resistance to flash heating than the original culture possessed. This behaviour would have an important relevance to the survival of micro-organisms upon entering a planetary atmosphere.