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ASTROBIOLOGY
卷 19, 期 8, 页码 1008-1017出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1900
关键词
Cyanobacteria; Mars-like; Space; Biofilms; Planktonic; EXPOSE
Dried biofilms and dried multilayered planktonic counterparts obtained from three desert strains of Chroococcidiopsis were exposed to low Earth conditions by using the EXPOSE-R2 facility outside the International Space Station. During the space mission, samples in Tray 1 (space vacuum and solar radiation, from lambda approximate to 110 nm) and Tray 2 (Mars-like UV flux, lambda > 200 nm and Mars-like atmosphere) received total UV (200-400 nm) fluences of about 4.58 x 10(2) kJ/m(2) and 4.92 x 10(2) kJ/m(2), respectively, and 0.5 Gy of cosmic ionizing radiation. Postflight analyses were performed on 2.5-year-old samples due to the space mission duration, from launch to sample return to the lab. The occurrence of survivors was determined by evaluating cell division upon rehydration and damage to the genome and photosynthetic apparatus by polymerase chain reaction-stop assays and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Biofilms recovered better than their planktonic counterparts, accumulating less damage not only when exposed to UV radiation under space and Mars-like conditions but also when exposed in dark conditions to low Earth conditions and laboratory control conditions. This suggests that, despite the shielding provided by top-cell layers being sufficient for a certain degree of survival of the multilayered planktonic samples, the enhanced survival of biofilms was due to the presence of abundant extracellular polymeric substances and to additional features acquired upon drying.
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