ArticleOrigins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life2017
BIOMEX Experiment: Ultrastructural Alterations, Molecular Damage and Survival of the Fungus Cryomyces antarcticus after the Experiment Verification Tests.
Article in Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Deletion of the polyketide synthase-encoding gene pks1 prevents melanization in the extremophilic fungus Cryomyces antarcticus.IUBMB life · 2024Article
- Investigation of fungal biomolecules after Low Earth Orbit exposure: a testbed for the next Moon missions.Environmental microbiology · 2022Article
- Metabolomic Profile of the FungusFrontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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- Effects of Simulated Microgravity on the Proteome and Secretome of the Polyextremotolerant Black FungusFrontiers in genetics · 2021Article
- Draft Genome Sequence of an Antarctic Isolate of the Black Yeast FungusMicrobiology resource announcements · 2019Article
- Integrity of the DNA and Cellular Ultrastructure of Cryptoendolithic Fungi in Space or Mars Conditions: A 1.5-Year Study at the International Space Station.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Fungal Communities Are Highly Adapted and Dominated by Lecanoromycetes and Dothideomycetes.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- Cellular Responses of the LichenFrontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- Effect of environmental parameters on biodiversity of the fungal component in lithic Antarctic communities.Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2017Article
- Survival, DNA Integrity, and Ultrastructural Damage in Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Eukaryotic Microorganisms Exposed to Ionizing Radiation.Astrobiology · 2017Article
- Cryptoendolithic Antarctic Black FungusFrontiers in microbiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
The search for traces of extinct or extant life in extraterrestrial environments is one of the main goals for astrobiologists; due to their ability to withstand stress producing conditions, extremophiles are perfect candidates for astrobiological studies. The BIOMEX project aims to test the ability of biomolecules and cell components to preserve their stability under space and Mars-like conditions, while at the same time investigating the survival capability of microorganisms. The experiment has been launched into space and is being exposed on the EXPOSE-R2 payload, outside of the International Space Station (ISS) over a time-span of 1.5 years. Along with a number of other extremophilic microorganisms, the Antarctic cryptoendolithic black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus CCFEE 515 has been included in the experiment. Before launch, dried colonies grown on Lunar and Martian regolith analogues were exposed to vacuum, irradiation and temperature cycles in ground based experiments (EVT1 and EVT2). Cultural and molecular tests revealed that the fungus survived on rock analogues under space and simulated Martian conditions, showing only slight ultra-structural and molecular damage.
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