Extremotolerance and Resistance of Lichens: Comparative Studies on Five Species Used in Astrobiological Research I. Morphological and Anatomical Characteristics

Survival of Rock-Colonizing Organisms After 1.5 Years in Outer Space

(2012) Silvano Onofri et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Lichens as survivors in space and on Mars

(2012) Jean-Pierre de Vera   Fungal Ecology

LIFE Experiment: Isolation of Cryptoendolithic Organisms from Antarctic Colonized Sandstone Exposed to Space and Simulated Mars Conditions on the International Space Station

(2012) Giuliano Scalzi et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

The resistance of the lichen Circinaria gyrosa (nom. provis.) towards simulated Mars conditions—a model test for the survival capacity of an eukaryotic extremophile

(2012) F.J. Sánchez et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Whole Lichen Thalli Survive Exposure to Space Conditions: Results of Lithopanspermia Experiment with Aspicilia fruticulosa

(2011) J. Raggio et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Survival Potential and Photosynthetic Activity of Lichens Under Mars-Like Conditions: A Laboratory Study

(2010) Jean-Pierre de Vera et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions – Results of the Lithopanspermia experiments

(2010) Rosa de la Torre et al.   ICARUS

Lichens, new and promising material from experiments in astrobiology

(2009) Leopoldo G. Sancho et al.   Fungal Biology Reviews

Microbial Rock Inhabitants Survive Hypervelocity Impacts on Mars-Like Host Planets: First Phase of Lithopanspermia Experimentally Tested

(2008) Gerda Horneck et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Life at the Limits: Capacities of Isolated and Cultured Lichen Symbionts to Resist Extreme Environmental Stresses

(2008) J.-P. de Vera et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES