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Stieglmeier, M; Wirth, R; Kminek, G; Moissl-Eichinger, C.
Cultivation of anaerobic and facultatively anaerobic bacteria from spacecraft-associated clean rooms.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009; 75(11):3484-3491 Doi: 10.1128/AEM.02565-08 [OPEN ACCESS]
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Leading authors Med Uni Graz: Moissl-Eichinger Christine
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Abstract:: In the course of this biodiversity study, the cultivable microbial community of European spacecraft-associated clean rooms and the Herschel Space Observatory located therein were analyzed during routine assembly operations. Here, we focused on microorganisms capable of growing without oxygen. Anaerobes play a significant role in planetary protection considerations since extraterrestrial environments like Mars probably do not provide enough oxygen for fully aerobic microbial growth. A broad assortment of anaerobic media was used in our cultivation strategies, which focused on microorganisms with special metabolic skills. The majority of the isolated strains grew on anaerobic, complex, nutrient-rich media. Autotrophic microorganisms or microbes capable of fixing nitrogen were also cultivated. A broad range of facultatively anaerobic bacteria was detected during this study and also, for the first time, some strictly anaerobic bacteria (Clostridium and Propionibacterium) were isolated from spacecraft-associated clean rooms. The multiassay cultivation approach was the basis for the detection of several bacteria that had not been cultivated from these special environments before and also led to the discovery of two novel microbial species of Pseudomonas and Paenibacillus.
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