Table 3.

Summarisation of responses of the tested isolates to the EVTs, reporded as survival (+) or non-survival (-).

		C. antarcticus CCFEE 515	C. antarcticus CCFEE 534	C. minteri CCFEE 5187
EVT-E1	Vacuum 10-5 Pa/1h	+	+	+
	Vacuum 10-5 Pa/1 wk	+	-	+
	50 cycles -20/+20 °C/2 wk	+	+	+
	UV-C (254 nm) 10 Jm-2	+	+	+
	UV-C (254 nm) 100 Jm-2	+	+	+
	UV-C (254 nm) 1000 Jm-2	+	+	+
	UV (200-400 nm) 1.5 kJm-2	+	+	+
	UV (200-400 nm) 1.5 × 103 kJm-2	-	-	+
	UV (200-400 nm) 1.5 × 105 kJm-2	-	-	+
EVT-E2	Vacuum/22 d (dark)	+	-	+
	Vacuum + UV (200-400 nm) 1.5 × 105 kJm-2	-	-	+(*)
	Mars CO2/21 d (dark)	+	-	+
	Mars CO2 + UV (200-400 nm) 1.5 × 105 kJm-2	+	-	+
Control	Room temperature, dark, 1 atm air	+	+	+

^(*)Result obtained only by staining techniques.