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Andrew C. Schuerger
Researcher at University of Florida
Publications - 104
Citations - 3858
Andrew C. Schuerger is an academic researcher from University of Florida. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mars Exploration Program & Spore. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 100 publications receiving 3438 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrew C. Schuerger include Space Sciences Laboratory & Walt Disney World Company.
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Growth and photomorphogenesis of pepper plants under red light-emitting diodes with supplemental blue or far-red lighting.
TL;DR: Red LEDs may be suitable, in proper combination with other wavelengths of light, for the culture of plants in tightly controlled environments such as space-based plant culture systems.
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Survival of endospores of Bacillus subtilis on spacecraft surfaces under simulated martian environments: implications for the forward contamination of Mars.
Andrew C. Schuerger,Rocco L. Mancinelli,Roger G. Kern,Lynn J. Rothschild,Christopher P. McKay +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, a Mars simulation chamber was used to evaluate the survival of Bacillus subtilis under high UV irradiation and simulated martian conditions, and the results indicated that the high UV fluence rates on the martian surface can be an important resource in minimizing the forward contamination of Mars.
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The solar UV environment and bacterial spore UV resistance: considerations for Earth-to-Mars transport by natural processes and human spaceflight
TL;DR: This review focuses on the spores of various Bacillus species and their mechanisms of UV resistance; their survival in unmanned spacecraft, space flight and simulated spaceFlight and Martian conditions; the UV flux in space and on Mars; factors affecting spore survival in such high UV flux environments.
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Effects of a Simulated Martian UV Flux on the Cyanobacterium, Chroococcidiopsis sp. 029
TL;DR: Under the intense martian UV flux the morphological signatures of life can persist even after viability, enzymatic activity, and pigmentation have been destroyed, showing implications for the survival of diverse microbial contaminants dispersed during the course of human exploratory class missions on the surface of Mars.
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Survival of Spacecraft-Associated Microorganisms under Simulated Martian UV Irradiation
David Newcombe,Andrew C. Schuerger,James N. Benardini,Danielle N. Dickinson,R. Tanner,Kasthuri Venkateswaran +5 more
TL;DR: Among the Bacillus species tested, spores of a Bacillus pumilus strain showed the greatest resistance to all three UV bandwidths, as well as the total spectrum, confirming that UVC is the primary biocidal bandwidth.