Can bacteria survive in space?


Can bacteria survive in space?

Earth microbes could be contaminating different planets. Notwithstanding extraordinary purification endeavors, microorganisms from Earth still figures out how to discover its way into space on board shuttle. Scientists are working to better understand  how and why a few spores elude decontamination.

The research was based on spore-forming microscopic organisms, which can survive harsh environments  on earth. These microscopic organisms could hitch a ride on shuttles and contaminate other planets, making the chase for alien  life forms difficult.

Microscopic organisms taken from the scrumptiously named fishing village of Beer on Britain's south coast have demonstrated themselves some of the hardiest creatures on Earth - or in space so far as that is concerned. Microorganisms found in rocks taken from the cliffs at Beer have survived an exhausting 18 months introduction to space conditions on the outside of the ISS and returned home alive, becoming the longest-lived photosynthesizing organisms to survive in space.

The microscopic organisms were sent to the ISS as a major aspect of an experiment to distinguish potentially helpful microorganisms that could be utilized as a part of life-support systems or bio-mining activities on future moon or Mars missions. The scientists didn't choose the microorganisms particularly, yet rather sent whole chunks of bacteria-laden rock from the cliffs to the station, where they were introduced in boxes on the outside of the ISS's Columbus Laboratory

Out there, the microscopic organisms were presented to everything from the wild temperature swings amongst day and night, cosmic radiation, extreme exposure to bright light, and the impacts of the vacuum of space. For most living cells that is a destructive cocktail, however while a few microscopic organisms in the rock died as they were beat on by the brutal space condition, a colony of bugs known as OU-20 resembling the cyanobacteria family Gloeocapsa survived.


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