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11898840

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
A mass spectrometer is used to analyze the gas phase in a number of reaction vessels filled with Martian soil. By choosing appropriate incubation conditions this instrument can be used to perform a wide spectrum of experiments ranging from the observation of general indices of life, i.e. processes and patterns unexplainable by physico-chemical mechanisms, to assays utilizing isotopes which probe for specific metabolic processes. Of particular interest is the in situ incubation in which a Martian soil sample is maintained at a constant temperature and its gas phase composition analyzed with time. Properly interpreted, this is a very general life-detection probe which makes minimal assumption as to the nature of Martian biology. Other assays and measurements concerning the soil and the atmosphere compatible with this method are also described.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
S
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0075-9422
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NASA
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
211-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1972
pubmed:articleTitle
An integrated multi-purpose biology instrument utilizing a single detector, the mass spectrometer.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Institute for Advanced Studies, Baltimore, Md, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article