Ground-based facilities for simulation of microgravity: organism-specific recommendations for their use, and recommended terminology.

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Published in Astrobiology on December 19, 2012

Authors

Raul Herranz1, Ralf Anken, Johannes Boonstra, Markus Braun, Peter C M Christianen, Maarten de Geest, Jens Hauslage, Reinhard Hilbig, Richard J A Hill, Michael Lebert, F Javier Medina, Nicole Vagt, Oliver Ullrich, Jack J W A van Loon, Ruth Hemmersbach

Author Affiliations

1: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. r.herranz@csic.es

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