Microbes and Crewed Space Habitat

Nobuyasu Yamaguchi; Masao Nasu

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Microbes and Crewed Space Habitat

Nobuyasu Yamaguchi and Masao Nasu

Environmental Science and Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

Received:

August 19, 2015

Accepted:

October 5, 2015

Published:

December 1, 2015

Keywords:

crewed space habitat, microbial monitoring, microbiota, international space station, astromicrobiology

Abstract

Microbes exist everywhere, and studies have demonstrated the presence of viable microorganisms in a crewed space habitat. Microorganisms within space habitats pose potential hazards to crew health and potentially damage hardware. Continuing successful long-term space habitation requires fundamental information on microbiological safety for avoiding biohazards in space. We discuss the importance of researching microbes in crewed space habitats and of monitoring microbes on the International Space Station (ISS). We also review environmental microbiology perspectives in crewed space habitats and the microbiology of the space environment (astromicrobiology).

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N. Yamaguchi and M. Nasu, “Microbes and Crewed Space Habitat,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.10 No.6, pp. 1022-1024, 2015.

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