Experimental studies addressing the longevity of Bacillus subtilis spores – The first data from a 500-year experiment

• Nikea Ulrich,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Space Microbiology Research Group, Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Cologne (Koeln), Germany

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• Katja Nagler,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Space Microbiology Research Group, Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Cologne (Koeln), Germany, MPG Research Group CATs (Complex Adaptive Traits), Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Michael Laue,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy (ZBS 4), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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• Charles S. Cockell,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Physics and Astronomy, UK Center for Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Peter Setlow,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Ralf Moeller

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ralf.moeller@dlr.de

  Affiliation Space Microbiology Research Group, Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Cologne (Koeln), Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2371-0676

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