Microbes and space travel - hope and hazards

Future Microbiol. 2021 Sep:16:1023-1028. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2021-0196. Epub 2021 Sep 7.

Authors

Julian Wei-Tze Tang¹, Andre Henriques², Tze Ping Loh³

Affiliations

¹ C/O Clinical Microbiology, 5/F Sandringham Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester, LE1 5WW, UK.
² CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research), Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.

PMID: 34488427
DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2021-0196

No abstract available

Keywords: Earth; Mars; bacteria; evolution; extraterrestrial life; hazard; microbes; microgravity; space travel; viruses.

MeSH terms

Exobiology
Extraterrestrial Environment*
Space Flight*