Rhodospirillum rubrum S1H Space Flight Experiments
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ORGANISM(S): Rhodospirillum rubrum
SUBMITTER: Natalie Leys
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-14265 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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Experimental design and environmental parameters affect Rhodospirillum rubrum S1H response to space flight.
Mastroleo Felice F Van Houdt Rob R Leroy Baptiste B Benotmane M Abderrafi MA Janssen Ann A Mergeay Max M Vanhavere Filip F Hendrickx Larissa L Wattiez Ruddy R Leys Natalie N
The ISME journal 20090702 12
In view of long-haul space exploration missions, the European Space Agency initiated the Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative (MELiSSA) project targeting the total recycling of organic waste produced by the astronauts into oxygen, water and food using a loop of bacterial and higher plant bioreactors. In that purpose, the alpha-proteobacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrum S1H, was sent twice to the International Space Station and was analyzed post-flight using a newly developed R. rubrum wh ...[more]
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