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BASE: Bacterial Adaptation to Space flight Environment
The BASE project aims to characterize the behavior of bacteria under spaceflight conditions including cosmic radiation and microgravity.
The impact of space flight on the cell physiology and metabolism as also the gene transfer between different bacterial species is investigated in detail. A multidisciplinary analysis approach is used including full genome microarrays for transcriptome and HPLC-MS/MS analysis for proteome analysis.
The research will contribute to a better fundamental understanding of microbiological behavior in a space environment wich is valuable within applied research projects for the development of microbial waste recycling systems and air/water quality control systems.
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