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Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964

Name: Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Biology; Space flight

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    Minimum          Organism              Activity or condition
  temperature,
      °C
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      -11        Bacteria               Growth (on fish)
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      -12        Bacteria               Growth
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      -12        Molds                  Growth
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      -15        _Pyramidomonas_        Swimming
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      -15        _Dunaliella salina_    Swimming
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      -18        Mold                   Growth
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      -18        Yeast                  Growth
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      -18        _Aspergillus           Growth (in glycerol)
                 glaucus_
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   -18 to -20    Mold                   Growth (in fruit juice)
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   -18 to -20    _Pseudomonads_         Growth (in fruit juice)
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      -20        Bacteria               Growth
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      -20        Bacteria               Growth
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      -20        Bacteria               Luminescence development
                                        accelerated
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   -20 to -24    Insect eggs
                 (diapause)
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      -30        Algae                  Photosynthesis
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      -30        Pink yeast             Growth (on oysters)
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      -30        Lichens                Photosynthesis
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   -20 to -40    Lichens and conifers   Photosynthesis
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      -44        Mold spores            Sporulation and germination
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   Table IV.—_Extreme Low and High Temperature Effects Permitting
                          Life Processes_

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Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964

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