ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021
MARSBOx: Fungal and Bacterial Endurance From a Balloon-Flown Analog Mission in the Stratosphere.
Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- The role of extremophile microbiomes in terraforming Mars.Communications biology · 2025Review
- The Genetic Determinants of Extreme UV Radiation and Desiccation Tolerance in a Bacterium Recovered from the Stratosphere.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Comparison of single bacteria and a bacterial reference community in a test against coated surfaces of varying copper content.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Extremophiles and Extremophilic Behaviour-New Insights and Perspectives.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Microbial preference for chlorate over perchlorate under simulated shallow subsurface Mars-like conditions.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- High-altitude balloon platform for studying the biological response of living organisms exposed to near-space environments.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Microbial applications for sustainable space exploration beyond low Earth orbit.NPJ microgravity · 2023Review
- Bacterial and fungal bioburden reduction on material surfaces using various sterilization techniques suitable for spacecraft decontamination.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Bacterial molecular machinery in the Martian cryosphere conditions.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Protection and Damage Repair Mechanisms Contributed To the Survival ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Phenotypic and genomic assessment of the potential threat of human spaceflight-relevantFrontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- DNA Damage Protection for Enhanced Bacterial Survival Under Simulated Low Earth Orbit Environmental Conditions inFrontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Whether terrestrial life can withstand the martian environment is of paramount interest for planetary protection measures and space exploration. To understand microbial survival potential in Mars-like conditions, several fungal and bacterial samples were launched in September 2019 on a large NASA scientific balloon flight to the middle stratosphere (∼38 km altitude) where radiation levels resembled values at the equatorial Mars surface. Fungal spores of
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