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The researchers exposed the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, a common spacecraft contaminant, to perchlorates and UV radiation at levels similar to those found at and near the Martian surface.
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The researchers exposed the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, a common spacecraft contaminant, to perchlorates and UV radiation at levels similar to those found at and near the Martian surface.
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Cells bathed in radiation without the perchlorate experienced just a two-fold fall-off.
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A substance called perchlorate exists in relatively high quantities on Mars (and also on Earth in bleach and other substances), making up about 1 percent of all the dust on the red planet.
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Temperatures swing from -225 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit (-153 to 20 degrees Celsius), and gentle winds swirl over soils filled with toxic perchlorates.
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States still have the option of regulating perchlorate on their own — but this is not easy, said Charles DeSaillan, New Mexico’s assistant attorney general for natural resources.
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Origin and Etymology of perchlorate
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perchlorate
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noun
per·chlo·rate
\(ˈ)pər-ˈklō(ə)r-ˌāt, -ˈklȯ(ə)r-, -ət\
Medical Definition of perchlorate
: a salt or ester of perchloric acid
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