04 May 2020
Exoplanets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres could harbour life
... – to see just how well they survived in an atmosphere made up of 100 percent hydrogen. Very few other groups of microorganisms have been studied in high H2 gas concentrations. say the team in their paper submitted today to Nature Astronomy...
February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
...describes the state of play in this research. Earth-born microorganisms are champions of the survival game: they have populated our... ISS for in-flight analysis. Biofilm threat Earth-born microorganisms are champions of the survival game One of the ...
26 October 2015
Skin deep: news study of the ISS and Actinobacteria
Published in Microbiome, a new analysis of microorganisms living aboard the International Space Station has found an unusually high proportion of bacteria specifically found on human ...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... greatest planetary protection efforts are put in place in order to make sure that only a very minimal amount of microorganisms and other biological material, if any, is transported away from Earth. The problem is that many years of trying...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... are some nearer-term applications in the field of synthetic biology where properties of extremophiles are designed into microorganism biochemistry which may work as ‘micro-factories’. Examples include the biorefinery industry where many of the steps...
January 2023
The effects of spaceflight on the female body
...been studied before. The microflora of this biotope play an important part, not only in creating a barrier to opportunistic microorganisms, but also affects the fertility of women, in particular the success of fertilisation. The main component of the...
