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Pasteurization is the name of a particular heat-treatment process that reduces the number of viable microorganisms by a factor of 105 but does not necessarily bring that number to zero. This process applies mainly to food products using moderate temperatures (under 100 °C). It is not approved as a standard process for planetary protection to reduce the bioburden on thermosensitive components but could be proposed for use by exception.

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  1. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA

    Catharine A. Conley

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  1. Labo. d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers (OASU), Floirac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  2. Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

    William M. Irvine

  3. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  4. Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  5. Dépt. Sc. de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec, Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Daniele Pinti

  6. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Inst. Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  7. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale (CNES) DPI/E2U, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Conley, C.A. (2018). Pasteurization. In: Gargaud, M., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1161-3

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    Pasteurization
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1161-3

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