With the construction of the International Space Station, humans have been continuously
living and working in space for 22 years. Microbial studies in space and other extreme …

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 …

Abstract Background The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed system inhabited by
microorganisms originating from life support systems, cargo, and crew that are exposed to …

The ability to grow safe, fresh food to supplement packaged foods of astronauts in space has
been an important goal for NASA. Food crops grown in space experience different …

For the past two decades, microbial monitoring of the International Space Station (ISS) has
relied on culture-dependent methods that require return to Earth for analysis. This has a …

Hydroponics is a farming technique for growing plants with mineral nutrients using a soil-
free medium. The plant roots are submerged in soil-free media, such as vermiculite or …

The human microbiota encompasses the diverse communities of microorganisms that reside
in, on, and around various parts of the human body, such as the skin, nasal passages, and …

Abstract Background The International Space Station (ISS) is a unique and complex built
environment with the ISS surface microbiome originating from crew and cargo or from life …

Abstract This Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency project focused on elucidating the
impacts of partial gravity (partial g) and microgravity (μ g) on mice using newly developed …

One of the new challenges facing humanity is to reach increasingly further distant space
targets. It is therefore of upmost importance to understand the behavior of microorganisms …