著者

Yinjie Yang Shin-ichi Yokobori Akihiko Yamagishi

出版者

Japanese Society for Biological Sciences in Space

雑誌

Biological Sciences in Space (ISSN:09149201)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, no.3, pp.151-163, 2009 (Released:2010-08-06)

参考文献数

133

被引用文献数

12 17

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Microbiology at the high altitude atmosphere is important for assessing the chances and limits of microbial transfer from the earth to extraterrestrial bodies. Among the microorganisms isolated from the high-atmospheric samples, spore formers and vegetative Deinococci were highly resistant against harsh environment at high altitude. From limited knowledge available to date, it is suggested that terrestrial microorganisms may have had chances to be ejected and transferred to outer space. Survival of these organisms during their space travel and proliferation on other planets might be also feasible. Directed Panspermia from Earth to extraterrestrial bodies is discussed on the basis of findings reported in literatures.