Over-Expression of UV-Damage DNA Repair Genes and Ribonucleic Acid Persistence Contribute to the Resilience of Dried Biofilms of the Desert Cyanobacetrium Chroococcidiopsis Exposed to Mars-Like UV Flux and Long-Term Desiccation

Dried Biofilms of Desert Strains of Chroococcidiopsis Survived Prolonged Exposure to Space and Mars-like Conditions in Low Earth Orbit

(2019) Daniela Billi et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

A Desert Cyanobacterium under Simulated Mars-like Conditions in Low Earth Orbit: Implications for the Habitability of Mars

(2019) Daniela Billi et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Genomic Features for Desiccation Tolerance and Sugar Biosynthesis in the Extremophile Gloeocapsopsis sp. UTEX B3054

(2019) Catalina Urrejola et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Constraints on the Metabolic Activity of Microorganisms in Atacama Surface Soils Inferred from Refractory Biomarkers: Implications for Martian Habitability and Biomarker Detection

(2018) Mary Beth Wilhelm et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Avoidance of protein oxidation correlates with the desiccation and radiation resistance of hot and cold desert strains of the cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis

(2017) Claudia Fagliarone et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

EXPOSE-R2: The Astrobiological ESA Mission on Board of the International Space Station

(2017) Elke Rabbow et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Adaptability of Life on Earth and the Diversity of Planetary Habitats

(2017) Dirk Schulze-Makuch et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Schrödinger’s microbes: Tools for distinguishing the living from the dead in microbial ecosystems

(2017) Joanne B. Emerson et al.   Microbiome

Comparative Genomics of DNA Recombination and Repair in Cyanobacteria: Biotechnological Implications

(2016) Corinne Cassier-Chauvat et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A Decade of Biochemical and Structural Studies of the DNA Repair Machinery of Deinococcus radiodurans: Major Findings, Functional and Mechanistic Insight and Challenges

(2016) Joanna Timmins et al.   Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

The Planetary and Space Simulation Facilities at DLR Cologne

(2015) Elke Rabbow et al.   MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Orione, a web-based framework for NGS analysis in microbiology

(2014) Gianmauro Cuccuru et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Prokka: rapid prokaryotic genome annotation

(2014) T. Seemann   BIOINFORMATICS

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Habitability on Mars from a Microbial Point of View

(2013) Frances Westall et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Gloeocapsopsis AAB1, an extremely desiccation-tolerant cyanobacterium isolated from the Atacama Desert

(2013) Armando Azua-Bustos et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Dynamic cyanobacterial response to hydration and dehydration in a desert biological soil crust

(2013) Lara Rajeev et al.   ISME Journal

Biofilm and Planktonic Lifestyles Differently Support the Resistance of the Desert Cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis Under Space and Martian Simulations

(2013) Mickael Baqué et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Isolation and purification of an axenic diazotrophic drought-tolerant cyanobacterium, Nostoc commune , from natural cyanobacterial crusts and its utilization for field research on soils polluted with radioisotopes

(2012) Hiroshi Katoh et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

UV damage endonuclease employs a novel dual-dinucleotide flipping mechanism to recognize different DNA lesions

(2012) Elisabeth M. Meulenbroek et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Selection of Suitable Reference Genes for RT-qPCR Analyses in Cyanobacteria

(2012) Filipe Pinto et al.   PLoS One

Massive multiplication of genome and ribosomes in dormant cells (akinetes) of Aphanizomenon ovalisporum (Cyanobacteria)

(2011) Assaf Sukenik et al.   ISME Journal

Oxidative Stress Resistance in Deinococcus radiodurans

(2011) D. Slade et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Molecular assessment of UVC radiation-induced DNA damage repair in the stromatolitic halophilic archaeon, Halococcus hamelinensis

(2010) S. Leuko et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY

The biofilm matrix

(2010) Hans-Curt Flemming et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Different Length (DL) qPCR for Quantification of Cell Killing by UV-induced DNA Damage

(2010) Knut Rudi et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Regulatory and DNA Repair Genes Contribute to the Desiccation Resistance of Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021

(2008) J. L. Humann et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Subcellular integrities in Chroococcidiopsis sp. CCMEE 029 survivors after prolonged desiccation revealed by molecular probes and genome stability assays

(2008) Daniela Billi   EXTREMOPHILES

Repair of UV damage in bacteria

(2007) Nora Goosen et al.   DNA REPAIR