[HTML][HTML] Perspectives on the microorganism of extreme environments and their applications

N Kochhar, S Shrivastava, A Ghosh, VS Rawat… - Current Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extremophiles are organisms that can survive and thrive in conditions termed as “extreme”
by human beings. Conventional methods cannot be applied under extreme conditions like …

The COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy for robotic missions to Mars: A review of current scientific knowledge and future perspectives

K Olsson-Francis, PT Doran, V Ilyin, F Raulin… - Life Sciences in Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
Planetary protection guidance for martian exploration has become a notable point of
discussion over the last decade. This is due to increased scientific interest in the habitability …

Life on the edge: bioprospecting extremophiles for astrobiology

J Schultz, A dos Santos, N Patel, AS Rosado - Journal of the Indian …, 2023 - Springer
Discovering exoplanets and satellites in habitable zones within and beyond our solar
system has sparked intrigue in planetary setting varieties that could support life. Based on …

Earth's stratosphere and microbial life

P DasSarma, A Antunes, MF Simões… - Current issues in …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Earth's atmosphere is an extremely large and sparse environment which is quite
challenging for the survival of microorganisms. We have long wondered about the limits to …

Survival of Environment-Derived Opportunistic Bacterial Pathogens to Martian Conditions: Is There a Concern for Human Missions to Mars?

T Zaccaria, MI de Jonge, J Domínguez-Andrés… - Astrobiology, 2024 - liebertpub.com
The health of astronauts during space travel to new celestial bodies in the Solar System is a
critical factor in the planning of a mission. Despite cleaning and decontamination protocols …

Bacterial and fungal bioburden reduction on material surfaces using various sterilization techniques suitable for spacecraft decontamination

S Kimura, S Ishikawa, N Hayashi, K Fujita… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Planetary protection is a guiding principle aiming to prevent microbial contamination of the
solar system by spacecraft (forward contamination) and extraterrestrial contamination of the …

The relevance of fungi in astrobiology research–Astromycology

MF Simões, M Cortesão, A Azua-Bustos, FY Bai… - Mycosphere, 2023 - elib.dlr.de
Since the very first steps of space exploration, fungi have been recorded as contaminants,
hitchhikers, or as part of missions' crews and payloads. Because fungi can cause human …

Taxonomic and functional analyses of intact microbial communities thriving in extreme, astrobiology-relevant, anoxic sites

AK Bashir, L Wink, S Duller, P Schwendner, C Cockell… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Extreme terrestrial, analogue environments are widely used models to study the
limits of life and to infer habitability of extraterrestrial settings. In contrast to Earth's …

The COSPAR planetary protection policy for missions to Icy Worlds: A review of history, current scientific knowledge, and future directions

PT Doran, A Hayes, O Grasset, A Coustenis… - Life Sciences in Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent discoveries related to the habitability and astrobiological relevance of the outer Solar
System have expanded our understanding of where and how life may have originated. As a …

Microbial pathogenicity in space

MF Simões, A Antunes - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
After a less dynamic period, space exploration is now booming. There has been a sharp
increase in the number of current missions and also of those being planned for the near …