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Icy exposure of microorganisms

Panitz, Corinna und Beblo-Vranesevic, Kristina und Cortesao, Marta und Rabbow, Elke und Moeller, Ralf and the ICEXPOSE Research Team (2018) Icy exposure of microorganisms. In: EANA 2018 - Abstractbook. EANA 2018, 2018-09-24 - 2018-09-28, Berlin, Germany.

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Offizielle URL: http://www.eana-net.eu/index.php?page=Conferences/EANA2018

Kurzfassung

The most hostile place on Earth with the lowest temperature ever recorded of -89.2 °C is the Antarctic ice sheet. This cold, arid, remotely located and perennially ice covered environment has long been considered an analogue to how life might persist in the frozen landscape of the major Astrobiological targets of our solar system suchasMarsortheJupiter’sice-covered moon Europa. In the frame of the ICEXPOSE project presented here the parameters outside the Antarctic Concordia station are utilized as a testbed for performed or planned long-duration space flights and to study the survivability of selected test organisms in an extremely cold (with temperature swings) and highly variable UV environment. The most likely terrestrial organisms to endure such an excursion are extremely tolerant and/or (multi-) resistant microbesextremophiles- that have evolved mechanisms to withstand such severe conditions. The survivability of a variety of human-, space-flight and extreme-associated microorganisms from all three domains of life (plus viruses) will be investigated using a multiuser exposure facility called EXPOSE that has already been successfully flown on ISS for space exposure durations of up to 2 years. The EXPOSE Mission Ground Reference (MGR) trays are still available and will be reused to accommodate the samples for passive exposure. Microbiological response to single and combined extraterrestrial conditions including simulations of astrobiological relevant environments, like simulated Martian atmospheric conditions, will be tested. The scientific questions addressed in ICEXPOSE are: how is the survival of human-associated and Polar Regionsderived microorganisms compared to (other) environmental extremophilic microorganisms; which physiological state (i.e., cells, spores or colony/biofilms) harbors the weakest or strongest viability and/or mutagenicity detectable after exposure; what type of morphologic and molecular changes can be identified and to which extent does the exposure conditions (e.g. UV-exposed versus UV-shielded) influence the microbial physiology (e.g. pathogenicity, antibiotic resistance, and metabolism) of the exposed species. The results of the ICEXPOSE experiment will provide valuable information on the definition of the physicalchemical limits of life as well as the potential habitability of other planetary bodies; the assessment of the risk of microbial contamination inside human inhabited confined areas and consequent challenges for human health; how to better monitor and control microbial contamination in spaceflight environments, as a key-factor for the success of future space exploration missions; whether specific microorganisms pose possible forward contamination risks that could impact planetary protection policy; and will provide complementary results for the two selected future ESA space experiments MEXEM and IceCold.

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Dokumentart:Konferenzbeitrag (Poster)
Titel:Icy exposure of microorganisms
Autoren:
AutorenInstitution oder E-Mail-AdresseAutoren-ORCID-iDORCID Put Code
Panitz, CorinnaRWTH-Aachen / Medical Faculty Klinikum Aachen, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Aachen, Germany and Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, GermanyNICHT SPEZIFIZIERTNICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Beblo-Vranesevic, KristinaRadiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany.https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4834-7121NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Cortesao, MartaNICHT SPEZIFIZIERTNICHT SPEZIFIZIERTNICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Rabbow, ElkeRadiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany.https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9301-2021NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Moeller, Ralf and the ICEXPOSE Research TeamRadiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany.; ralf.moeller (at) dlr.dehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2371-0676NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Datum:24 September 2018
Erschienen in:EANA 2018 - Abstractbook
Referierte Publikation:Ja
Open Access:Ja
Gold Open Access:Nein
In SCOPUS:Nein
In ISI Web of Science:Nein
Status:veröffentlicht
Stichwörter:ICEXPOSE project
Veranstaltungstitel:EANA 2018
Veranstaltungsort:Berlin, Germany
Veranstaltungsart:internationale Konferenz
Veranstaltungsbeginn:24 September 2018
Veranstaltungsende:28 September 2018
HGF - Forschungsbereich:Luftfahrt, Raumfahrt und Verkehr
HGF - Programm:Raumfahrt
HGF - Programmthema:Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen
DLR - Schwerpunkt:Raumfahrt
DLR - Forschungsgebiet:R FR - Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen
DLR - Teilgebiet (Projekt, Vorhaben):R - Vorhaben Strahlenbiologie (alt)
Standort: Köln-Porz
Institute & Einrichtungen:Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin > Strahlenbiologie
Hinterlegt von: Kopp, Kerstin
Hinterlegt am:10 Dez 2018 15:55
Letzte Änderung:24 Apr 2024 20:28

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