Impact of space flight on bacterial virulence and antibiotic susceptibility

PW Taylor - Infection and drug resistance, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Manned space flight induces a reduction in immune competence among crew and is likely to
cause deleterious changes to the composition of the gastrointestinal, nasal, and respiratory …

Effects of spaceflight and simulated microgravity on microbial growth and secondary metabolism

B Huang, DG Li, Y Huang, CT Liu - Military Medical Research, 2018 - Springer
Spaceflight and ground-based microgravity analog experiments have suggested that
microgravity can affect microbial growth and metabolism. Although the effects of microgravity …

[HTML][HTML] Space station biomining experiment demonstrates rare earth element extraction in microgravity and Mars gravity

CS Cockell, R Santomartino, K Finster… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Microorganisms are employed to mine economically important elements from rocks,
including the rare earth elements (REEs), used in electronic industries and alloy production …

Investigation of space flight effects on Escherichia coli and a proposed model of underlying physical mechanisms

D Klaus, S Simske, P Todd, L Stodieck - Microbiology, 1997 - microbiologyresearch.org
Previous investigations have reported that space flight may produce a stimulating effect on
microbial metabolism; however, the specific underlying mechanisms associated with the …

Phenotypic Changes Exhibited by E. coli Cultured in Space

L Zea, M Larsen, F Estante, K Qvortrup… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Bacteria will accompany humans in our exploration of space, making it of importance to
study their adaptation to the microgravity environment. To investigate potential phenotypic …

Bacterial growth in space flight: logistic growth curve parameters for Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis

MA Kacena, GA Merrell, B Manfredi, EE Smith… - Applied microbiology …, 1999 - Springer
Previous investigations have reported that bacterial suspension cultures grow to higher
stationary concentrations in space flight than on Earth; however, none of these …

No effect of microgravity and simulated Mars gravity on final bacterial cell concentrations on the International Space Station: applications to space bioproduction

R Santomartino, AC Waajen, W De Wit… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms perform countless tasks on Earth and they are expected to be essential for
human space exploration. Despite the interest in the responses of bacteria to space …

Microbially-enhanced vanadium mining and bioremediation under micro-and Mars gravity on the International Space Station

CS Cockell, R Santomartino, K Finster… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As humans explore and settle in space, they will need to mine elements to support industries
such as manufacturing and construction. In preparation for the establishment of permanent …

Microgravity, bacteria, and the influence of motility

MR Benoit, DM Klaus - Advances in Space Research, 2007 - Elsevier
Space microbiology studies date back to the 1960s, with most investigations reporting that
increased bacterial populations occur in flight compared to ground controls. Several …

[图书][B] Polyextremophiles: life under multiple forms of stress

J Seckbach, A Oren, H Stan-Lotter - 2013 - books.google.com
Many Microorganisms and some macro-organisms can live under extreme conditions. For
example, high and low temperature, acidic and alkaline conditions, high salt areas, high …