Application of the ATP assay to rapidly assess cleanliness of spacecraft surfaces: a path to set a s...
Application of the ATP assay to rapidly assess cleanliness of spacecraft surfaces: a path to set a standard for future missions
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) measures and validates the biological cleanliness of spacecraft surfaces by counting endospores using the NASA standard assay (NSA). NASA has also approved an adenosine-5′-triphosphate (ATP)-based detection methodology as a means to prescreen surfaces for the presence of microbial contaminati...
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Application of the ATP assay to rapidly assess cleanliness of spacecraft surfaces: a path to set a standard for future missions
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5108744
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5108744
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2191-0855
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2191-0855
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10.1186/s13568-016-0286-9
