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Forward Contamination

Forward Contamination is a planetary protection risk category defined as the unintentional transport of terrestrial organisms or biological material to extraterrestrial environments, potentially compromising scientific investigations of indigenous life or precluding the detection of extant or extinct extraterrestrial life forms.

15

Publications

731

Citations

57

Authors

25

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

6

Parents

Publications

15

Isolation and Characterization of Bacteria Capable of Tolerating the Extreme Conditions of Clean Room Environments

Myron T. La Duc, Anne Dekas, Shariff Osman et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2007 · 228 citations · Full text

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Survival of <i>Bacillus pumilus</i> Spores for a Prolonged Period of Time in Real Space Conditions

Parag Vaishampayan, Elke Rabbow, G. Horneck et al. · Astrobiology · 2012 · 113 citations

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Growth of <i>Carnobacterium</i> spp. from permafrost under low pressure, temperature, and anoxic atmosphere has implications for Earth microbes on Mars

Wayne L. Nicholson, Kirill Krivushin, D. Gilichinsky et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 92 citations · Full text

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Twenty Species of Hypobarophilic Bacteria Recovered from Diverse Soils Exhibit Growth under Simulated Martian Conditions at 0.7 kPa

Andrew C. Schuerger, Wayne L. Nicholson · Astrobiology · 2016 · 65 citations

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Ethical Considerations for Planetary Protection in Space Exploration: A Workshop

John D. Rummel, Margaret S. Race, and the Princeton Workshop G. Horneck · Astrobiology · 2012 · 52 citations · Full text

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Authors

57

  1. WL
    Wayne L. Nicholson

    University of Florida, United States

    3 publications · 181 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. AC
    Andrew C. Schuerger

    University of Florida, United States

    3 publications · 181 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. PV
    Parag Vaishampayan

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    1 publications · 113 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. CE
    Christopher E. Carr

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. KV
    Kasthuri Venkateswaran

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 341 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 57

Institutions

25

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    298 citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    137 citations

  4. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    61 citations

  5. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)

    Cologne, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    247 citations

  6. Kennedy Space Center

    Merritt Island, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    140 citations

  7. Institute of Aviation Medicine

    Prague, Czechia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    73 citations

  8. Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

1–8 of 25

Venues

  1. Astrobiology

    6 publications · 289 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. Life Sciences in Space Research

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. Antarctic Science

    1 publications · 28 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    AEM · 1 publications · 228 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 1 publications · 92 citations

    1

    h-index

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