Petra Rettberg

Protection of Bacterial Spores in Space, a Contribution to the Discussion on Panspermia

G. Horneck, Petra Rettberg, Günther Reitz et al. · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 2001 · 199 citations

Microbial Contamination, Extremophile, Microbial Ecology +5

A biosensor for environmental genotoxin screening based on an SOS lux assay in recombinant Escherichia coli cells

L. R. Ptitsyn, G. Horneck, O. V. Komova et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1997 · 155 citations · Full text

Engineering, Environmental Genotoxin, Pathogen Detection +19

Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS

Jean‐Pierre de Vera, Mashal Alawi, Theresa Backhaus et al. · Astrobiology · 2019 · 150 citations · Full text

Role of DNA Repair by Nonhomologous-End Joining in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> Spore Resistance to Extreme Dryness, Mono- and Polychromatic UV, and Ionizing Radiation

Ralf Moeller, Erko Stackebrandt, Günther Reitz et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2007 · 143 citations · Full text

Biology, Genome Instability, Ultrahigh Vacuum +13

Space station biomining experiment demonstrates rare earth element extraction in microgravity and Mars gravity

Charles S. Cockell, Rosa Santomartino, Kai Finster et al. · Nature Communications · 2020 · 138 citations · Full text