Fajardo-Cavazos P et al. demonstrated in 2005 that Bacillus subtilis spores can survive hypervelocity atmospheric entry when placed on artificial meteorites, which has implications for the theory of lithopanspermia.

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  Life on the Edge: Bioprospecting Extremophiles for Astrobiology

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• Bacillus subtilis concept