Microbial community composition of water samples stored inside the International Space Station

Publication date: Available online 7 May 2019Source: Research in MicrobiologyAuthor(s): Giovanni Bacci, Stefano Amalfitano, Caterina Levantesi, Simona Rossetti, Laurent Garrelly, Francesco Canganella, Giovanna Bianconi, Vincenzo Di Pilato, Gian Maria Rossolini, Alessio Mengoni, Renato Fani, Elena Perrin, The Biowyse ConsortiumAbstractDuring the VIABLE ISS project (eValuatIon And monitoring of microBiofiLms insidE International Space Station), water samples subjected to two different silver treatments were sent and kept on board the International Space Station (ISS) from 2011 to 2016. In this note we report data on the viable and total bacterial load and on the composition of the microbial communities of the VIABLE ISS samples.

Source: Research in Microbiology - May 9, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research