ReviewiScience2021
Advances in space microbiology.
Review in iScience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.
- Beyond Earth: Recent Advancements in Microgravity Biomedical and Genetic Research in Saudi Arabia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Extreme Arabian environments and their microbiomes: new frontiers for astrobiology and biosignature discovery.Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2026Review
- Modeling the risk of airborne transmission of respiratory viruses in microgravity.NPJ microgravity · 2026Article
- Low-Intensity, Short-Duration Proton Irradiation Enhances Oxidative Stress Sensitivity ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Review
- Spaceflight and Medical Microbiology: Possible Implications for Standard Infection Diagnostics and Therapy.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of extreme acceleration, microgravity, and deceleration on Bacillus subtilis onboard a suborbital space flight.NPJ microgravity · 2025Article
- Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) condensates modulate survival in response to Mars-like stress conditions.PNAS nexus · 2025Article
- Deep space environment empowering drug design and development.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025Review
- Phenotypic, transcriptomic and metabolomic changes in Klebsiella pneumoniae after long term exposure to simulated microgravity.NPJ microgravity · 2025Article
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- The Metabolic and Physiological Responses to Spaceflight of a Lipopeptide-Producing Bacillus subtilis.Microbial biotechnology · 2025Article
- On-orbit microbial succession patterns of the China Space Station during the construction period.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Challenges for the human immune system after leaving Earth.NPJ microgravity · 2024Review
- Systematic screening of 42 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strains for resistance, biofilm, and desiccation in simulated microgravity.NPJ microgravity · 2024Article
- Extremophiles in Space Exploration.Indian journal of microbiology · 2024Review
- Education and public outreach: communicating science through storytelling.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2024Article
- APHRODITE: A Compact Lab-on-Chip Biosensor for the Real-Time Analysis of Salivary Biomarkers in Space Missions.Biosensors · 2024Article
- Domains of life sciences in spacefaring: what, where, and how to get involved.NPJ microgravity · 2024Article
- Whole genome-scale assessment of gene fitness of Novosphingobium aromaticavorans during spaceflight.BMC genomics · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Microbial research in space is being conducted for almost 50 years now. The closed system of the International Space Station (ISS) has acted as a microbial observatory for the past 10 years, conducting research on adaptation and survivability of microorganisms exposed to space conditions. This adaptation can be either beneficial or detrimental to crew members and spacecraft. Therefore, it becomes crucial to identify the impact of two primary stress conditions, namely, radiation and microgravity, on microbial life aboard the ISS. Elucidating the mechanistic basis of microbial adaptation to space conditions aids in the development of countermeasures against their potentially detrimental effects and allows us to harness their biotechnologically important properties. Several microbial processes have been studied, either in spaceflight or using devices that can simulate space conditions. However, at present, research is limited to only a few microorganisms, and extensive research on biotechnologically important microorganisms is required to make long-term space missions self-sustainable.
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