Water Quality and Total Microbial Load: A Double-Threshold Identification Procedure Intended for Space Applications

During longer-lasting future space missions, water renewal by ground-loaded supplies will become increasingly expensive and unmanageable for months. Space exploration by self-sufficient spacecrafts is thus demanding the development of culture-independent microbiological methods for in-flight water m...

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Main Authors: Stefano Amalfitano, Caterina Levantesi, Laurent Garrelly, Donatella Giacosa, Francesca Bersani, Simona Rossetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
HPC
ATP
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02903/full