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1/9 SNEAKY SPACECRAFT BACTERIA CAN PLAY DEAD TO SURVIVE
A bacterial species found in NASA clean rooms can go dormant to survive sterilisation—with implications for planetary protection.
Stephanie Pappas reports for Scientific American.
#SpaceExploration #PlanetaryProtection
A bacterial species found in NASA clean rooms can go dormant to survive sterilisation—with implications for planetary protection.
Stephanie Pappas reports for Scientific American.
#SpaceExploration #PlanetaryProtection
September 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
1/9 SNEAKY SPACECRAFT BACTERIA CAN PLAY DEAD TO SURVIVE
A bacterial species found in NASA clean rooms can go dormant to survive sterilisation—with implications for planetary protection.
Stephanie Pappas reports for Scientific American.
#SpaceExploration #PlanetaryProtection
A bacterial species found in NASA clean rooms can go dormant to survive sterilisation—with implications for planetary protection.
Stephanie Pappas reports for Scientific American.
#SpaceExploration #PlanetaryProtection
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Tersicoccus phoenicis Microbes Found In A Spacecraft Clean Room Exhibits Dormancy
astrobiology.com/2025/08/ters... #astrobiology #microbiology #PlanetaryProtection
astrobiology.com/2025/08/ters... #astrobiology #microbiology #PlanetaryProtection
Tersicoccus phoenicis Microbes Found In A Spacecraft Clean Room Exhibits Dormancy - Astrobiology
Space missions or spacecraft equipment destined for sensitive environments
astrobiology.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Tersicoccus phoenicis Microbes Found In A Spacecraft Clean Room Exhibits Dormancy
astrobiology.com/2025/08/ters... #astrobiology #microbiology #PlanetaryProtection
astrobiology.com/2025/08/ters... #astrobiology #microbiology #PlanetaryProtection
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2/9 Meet Tersicoccus phoenicis, discovered in NASA's Kennedy Space Center clean room where the Mars lander Phoenix was being prepared.
Unlike other clean-room survivors that form protective spores, this bacterium has found a different survival strategy: hibernation.
#NASA #Mars
Unlike other clean-room survivors that form protective spores, this bacterium has found a different survival strategy: hibernation.
#NASA #Mars
September 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Tersicoccus phoenicis (Actinobacteria), a spacecraft clean room isolate, exhibits dormancy | Microbiology Spectrum journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Tersicoccus phoenicis (Actinobacteria), a spacecraft clean room isolate, exhibits dormancy | Microbiology Spectrum
NASA’s long-range goal of a human mission to the Mars surface raises issues relating
to planetary protection. The concerns of forward contamination require that spacecraft
assembly clean rooms (SACs) ...
journals.asm.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Tersicoccus phoenicis (Actinobacteria), a spacecraft clean room isolate, exhibits dormancy | Microbiology Spectrum journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...