ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Cyanobacteria and Algal-Based Biological Life Support System (BLSS) and Planetary Surface Atmospheric Revitalizing Bioreactor Brief Concept Review.
Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Potential Anaerobic Cultivation of Microbial Biomass for Astronaut Nutrition During Long-Term Space Flight.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Primary Stress Factors and Adaptive Mechanisms of Microalgae in Space Environments and Their Applications in Space Life Support Systems.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Exploring the potential of plant astrobiology: adapting flora for extra-terrestrial habitats: a review.Biologia futura · 2025Review
- The EDEN ISS mobile test facility microbiome changes by cleaning and continued use.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2025Article
- From Earth to Mars: a perspective on exploiting biomineralization for Martian construction.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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- The Glutathione System: A Journey from Cyanobacteria to Higher Eukaryotes.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Exploring austere environments required a reimagining of resource acquisition and utilization. Cyanobacterial in situ resources utilization (ISRU) and biological life support system (BLSS) bioreactors have been proposed to allow crewed space missions to extend beyond the temporal boundaries that current vehicle mass capacities allow. Many cyanobacteria and other microscopic organisms evolved during a period of Earth's history that was marked by very harsh conditions, requiring robust biochemical systems to ensure survival. Some species work wonderfully in a bioweathering capacity (siderophilic), and others are widely used for their nutritional power (non-siderophilic). Playing to each of their strengths and having them grow and feed off of each other is the basis for the proposed idea for a series of three bioreactors, starting from regolith processing and proceeding to nutritional products, gaseous liberation, and biofuel production. In this paper, we discuss what that three reactor system will look like, with the main emphasis on the nutritional stage.
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