Microbial Survival in Spacecraft Assembly Clean Rooms and Protected Landscapes
Tirumalai M, Parker M, Ali S, Fox GE, Widger WR. 2026. Microbial Survival in Spacecraft Assembly Clean Rooms and Protected Landscapes. Park Science. 40(1)
The ability to go dormant under stress may help microbes survive some of the most extreme conditions on—and off—Earth.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Tirumalai, Madhan; Parker, Madison; Ali, Sahar; Fox, George; Widger, William
- Units
- CAVE , ELMA , GRBA , LABE
- Keywords
- actinobacteria, alpine lakes, antifungal, antimicrobial, bats, caves, dormancy, extremophile, glacial lake, lava tubes, microbes, microbiology, perspectives, planetary analogs, space exploration, space flight, space science, white-nose syndrome