Onofri, S. and Barreca, D. and Selbmann, L. and Isola, D. and Rabbow, Elke and Horneck, Gerda and de Vera, J.P.P. and Hatton, J. and Zucconi, L. (2008) Resistance of Antarctic black fungi and cryptoendolithic communities to simulated space and Martian conditions. Studies in Mycology, 61, pp. 99-109. CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.. doi: 10.3114/sim.2008.61.10.
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Abstract
Dried colonies of the Antarctic rock-inhabiting meristematic fungi Cryomyces antarcticus CCFEE 515, CCFEE 534 and C. minteri CCFEE 5187, as well as fragments of rocks colonized by the Antarctic cryptoendolithic community, were exposed to a set of ground-based experiment verification tests (EVTs) at the German Aerospace Center (DLR, Köln, Germany). These were carried out to test the tolerance of these organisms in view of their possible exposure to space conditions outside of the International Space Station (ISS). Tests included single or combined simulated space and Martian conditions. Responses were analyzed both by cultural and microscopic methods. Thereby, colony formation capacities were measured and the cellular viability was assessed using live/dead dyes FUN 1 and SYTOX Green. The results clearly suggest a general good resistance of all the samples investigated. C. minteri CCFEE 5187, C. antarcticus CCFEE 515 and colonized rocks were selected as suitable candidates to withstand space flight and long-term permanence in space on the ISS in the framework of the LIchens and Fungi Experiments (LIFE programme, European Space Agency).
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Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title: | Resistance of Antarctic black fungi and cryptoendolithic communities to simulated space and Martian conditions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Studies in Mycology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.3114/sim.2008.61.10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 99-109 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | Astrobiology, cryptoendolithic community, fungi, ground-based experiments, lithopanspermia, panspermia, space conditions, stress resistance, viability. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | W FR - Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | W FR - Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | W - Vorhaben Strahlenbiologie (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Köln-Porz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Aerospace Medicine > Radiation Biology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Kopp, Kerstin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 13 Jan 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2009 15:20 |
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