Nowadays multi-drug resistant microorganisms is a serious public health problem
worldwide. To overcome it, new antimicrobial strategies have been developed. Among them …

In the constructed habitat in which we spend up to 90% of our time, architectural design
influences occupants' behavioral patterns, interactions with objects, surfaces, rituals, the …

Abstract Background The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed system inhabited by
microorganisms originating from life support systems, cargo, and crew that are exposed to …

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health issue of growing proportions. All antibiotics are
susceptible to resistance. The evidence is now clear that the environment is the single …

Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to global public health, but little is known about
the effects of microbial control on the microbiota and its associated resistome. Here we …

Spaceflight and ground-based microgravity analog experiments have suggested that
microgravity can affect microbial growth and metabolism. Although the effects of microgravity …

Contamination of hospital sinks with microbial pathogens presents a serious potential threat
to patients, but our understanding of sink colonization dynamics is largely based on infection …

The filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger is one of the main contaminants of the
International Space Station (ISS). It forms highly pigmented, airborne spores that have thick …

Just as geological samples from Earth record the natural history of our planet, astromaterials
hold the natural history of our solar system and beyond. Astromaterials acquisition and …

A human spaceflight to Mars is scheduled for the next decade. In preparation for this
unmatched endeavor, a plethora of challenges must be faced prior to the actual journey to …