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BioRock - Biomining and Biofilms in Space

UKCA was the scientific coordinator of the European Space Agency (ESA) BioRock experiment to study microbe-mineral interactions on the ...

Morphology of Penicillium rubens Biofilms Formed in Space - MDPI

Fungi biofilms have been found growing on spacecraft surfaces such as windows, piping, cables, etc. The contamination of these surfaces with ...

Biofilms-Impacts on Human Health and Its Relevance to Space Travel.

The presence and continued growth of bacterial biofilms about spacecraft has been documented for decades; however, the impact on crew health is in its infancy.

Colgate-Palmolive Study on Biofilms Returning from Space | Happi

According to NASA, the study is of broad interest to many oral care applications as the oral microbiome constitutes a symbiotic community that, ...

Dried Biofilms of Desert Strains of Chroococcidiopsis Survived ...

Biofilms recovered better than their planktonic counterparts, accumulating less damage not only when exposed to UV radiation under space and ...

Cooperation and Competition for Space in Biofilms - YouTube

Speaker: Carey NADELL (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology) Joint ICGEB-ICTP-APCTP Workshop on Systems Biology and Molecular ...

Microbial competition in porous environments can select ... - PNAS

In porous environments, space is much more limited, and biofilm growth tends to attenuate the fluid flow that supplies cells with nutrients and facilitates ...

As if space wasn't dangerous enough, bacteria become more deadly ...

Biofilms are densely-packed cell colonies that produce a matrix of polymeric substances allowing bacteria to stick to each other, and to ...

Ecology and evolution of biofilms - Yan Laboratory

The crowded environment inside a biofilm results in strong competition between biofilm dwelling cells for resources, including nutrients and space.

Tolerances of Deinococcus geothermalis Biofilms and Planktonic ...

The hypothesis of long-term survival of microorganisms under the harsh environmental conditions in space and on Mars to a higher degree if exposed as ...

Perspectives on the direction of space microbiology for human ...

Microbes populate every corner of the Earth and accompany humans wherever they travel, including space. Microbes also play a critical role ...

Mutant superbugs pose a threat to human life in space | Science

Research aboard the International Space Station reveals that some microorganisms become more aggressive and dangerous beyond Earth ... If we ever ...

Testing Laser-Structured Antimicrobial Surfaces Under Space ...

This article describes the development process of ESA's BIOFILMS experiment, that will evaluate biofilm formation on various antimicrobial ...

SpaceX launch carries Texas State experiment to International ...

The experiment will study the effect of spaceflight on the formation of multi-species, biofilm-forming bacterial communities, their ability ...

Dynamic imaging of the intercellular space in bacterial biofilms ...

which fills up the intercellular space between bacterial cells composing a biofilm. Biofilms, which consist of an organised population of micro-organisms ...

Markedly decreased growth rate and biofilm formation ability of ...

schindleri strain was collected from the conden- sate water of the Shenzhou-10 manned spacecraft after a short-duration spaceflight (15 days) and then sent to ...

The Design of the ISS Experiment BIOFILMS

The BIOFILMS experiment will study the biofilm formation potential of these organisms in microgravity on the International Space Station on ...

Competition for substrate and space in biofilms - Wiley Online Library

In biofilm models, based on biological kinetics and mass-balance equations, the competition between multispecies for space and substrates is described. The ...

Biofilm modality and the skin microbiome space - NBIC - Blog

We interviewed Rachel Grabenhofer to understand her perspective on the biofilm modality entering the skin microbiome space.

Dried Biofilms of Desert Strains of Chroococcidiopsis Survived ...

Biofilms recovered better than their planktonic counterparts, accumulating less damage not only when exposed to UV radiation under space and Mars-like ...