Crewmember microbiome may influence microbial composition of ISS habitable surfaces.

ABSTRACT: The International Space Station (ISS) is a complex built environment physically isolated from Earth. Assessing the interplay between the microbial community of the ISS and its crew is important for preventing biomedical and structural complications for long term human spaceflight missions. In this study, we describe one crewmember's microbial profile from body swabs of mouth, nose, ear, skin and saliva that were collected at eight different time points pre-, during and post-flight. Additionally, environmental surface samples from eight different habitable locations in the ISS were collected from two flights. Environmental samples from one flight were collected by the crewmember and samples from the next flight were collected after the crewmember departed. The microbial composition in both

SUBMITTER: Avila-Herrera A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7190111 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature