The antimicrobial activity of LISTEX P100, Salmonella CG4, and E. coli AG10
bacteriophages were preserved in pullulan-trehalose mixture as dried films and as coatings …

When animals are exposed to an extreme environmental stress, one of three possible
outcomes takes place: the animal dies, the animal avoids the environmental stress and …

Light sensing has been extensively characterized in the human pathogen Acinetobacter
baumannii at environmental temperatures. However, the influence of light on the physiology …

The biological risks of the deep space environment must be elucidated to enable a new era
of human exploration and scientific discovery beyond low earth orbit (LEO). There is a …

In insects, trehalose serves as the main sugar component of haemolymph. Trehalose is also
recognized as a mediator of desiccation survival due to its proposed ability to stabilize …

Trehalose is a non-reducing disaccharide that serves as the main sugar component of
haemolymph in insects. Trehalose hydrolysis enzyme, called trehalase, is highly conserved …

Abstract Intracellular accumulation of Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) proteins and the
disaccharide trehalose is associated with cellular desiccation tolerance in a number of …

Upon water loss, some organisms pause their life cycles and escape death. While
widespread in microbes, this is less common in animals. Aedes mosquitoes are vectors for …

Small satellite technologies, particularly CubeSats, are enabling breakthrough research in
space. Over the past 15 years, NASA Ames Research Center has developed and flown half …

Anhydrobiotes are rare microbes, plants and animals that tolerate severe water loss.
Understanding the molecular basis for their desiccation tolerance may provide novel …