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2019-02-11Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/6114
Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS
dc.contributor.authorde Vera, Jean-Pierre
dc.contributor.authorAlawi, Mashal
dc.contributor.authorBackhaus, Theresa
dc.contributor.authorBaqué, Mickael
dc.contributor.authorBilli, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorBöttger, Ute
dc.contributor.authorBerger, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorBohmeier, Maria
dc.contributor.authorCockell, Charles
dc.contributor.authorDemets, René
dc.contributor.authorde la Torre Noetzel, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, Howell
dc.contributor.authorElsaesser, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorFagliarone, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorFiedler, Annelie
dc.contributor.authorFoing, Bernard
dc.contributor.authorFoucher, Frédéric
dc.contributor.authorFritz, Jörg
dc.contributor.authorHanke, Franziska
dc.contributor.authorHerzog, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorHorneck, Gerda
dc.contributor.authorHübers, Heinz-Wilhelm
dc.contributor.authorHuwe, Björn
dc.contributor.authorJoshi, Jasmin
dc.contributor.authorKozyrovska, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorKruchten, Martha
dc.contributor.authorLasch, Peter
dc.contributor.authorLee, Natuschka
dc.contributor.authorLeuko, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorLeya, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorLorek, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorMartínez-Frías, Jesús
dc.contributor.authorMeessen, Joachim
dc.contributor.authorMoritz, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorMoeller, Ralf
dc.contributor.authorOlsson-Francis, Karen
dc.contributor.authorOnofri, Silvano
dc.contributor.authorOtt, Sieglinde
dc.contributor.authorPacelli, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorPodolich, Olga
dc.contributor.authorRabbow, Elke
dc.contributor.authorReitz, Günther
dc.contributor.authorRettberg, Petra
dc.contributor.authorReva, Oleg
dc.contributor.authorRothschild, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorGarcia Sancho, Leo
dc.contributor.authorSchulze-Makuch, Dirk
dc.contributor.authorSelbmann, Laura
dc.contributor.authorSerrano, Paloma
dc.contributor.authorSzewzyk, Ulrich
dc.contributor.authorVerseux, Cyprien
dc.contributor.authorWadsworth, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Dirk
dc.contributor.authorWestall, Frances
dc.contributor.authorWolter, David
dc.contributor.authorZucconi, Laura
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-26T09:20:07Z
dc.date.available2019-04-26T09:20:07Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-11none
dc.identifier.other10.1089/ast.2018.1897
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/6142
dc.description.abstractBIOMEX (BIOlogy and Mars EXperiment) is an ESA/Roscosmos space exposure experiment housed within the exposure facility EXPOSE-R2 outside the Zvezda module on the International Space Station (ISS). The design of the multiuser facility supports—among others—the BIOMEX investigations into the stability and level of degradation of space-exposed biosignatures such as pigments, secondary metabolites, and cell surfaces in contact with a terrestrial and Mars analog mineral environment. In parallel, analysis on the viability of the investigated organisms has provided relevant data for evaluation of the habitability of Mars, for the limits of life, and for the likelihood of an interplanetary transfer of life (theory of lithopanspermia). In this project, lichens, archaea, bacteria, cyanobacteria, snow/permafrost algae, meristematic black fungi, and bryophytes from alpine and polar habitats were embedded, grown, and cultured on a mixture of martian and lunar regolith analogs or other terrestrial minerals. The organisms and regolith analogs and terrestrial mineral mixtures were then exposed to space and to simulated Mars-like conditions by way of the EXPOSE-R2 facility. In this special issue, we present the first set of data obtained in reference to our investigation into the habitability of Mars and limits of life. This project was initiated and implemented by the BIOMEXgroup, an international and interdisciplinary consortiumof 30 institutes in 12 countries on 3 continents. Preflight tests for sample selection, results from ground-based simulation experiments, and the space experiments themselves are presented and include a complete overview of the scientific processes required for this space experiment and postflight analysis. The presented BIOMEX concept could be scaled up to future exposure experiments on the Moon and will serve as a pretest in low Earth orbit. Key Words: EXPOSE-R2—BIOMEX—Habitability—Limits of life—Extremophiles—Mars. Astrobiology 19, 145–157.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectBIOMEXeng
dc.subjectEXPOSE-R2eng
dc.subjectExtremophileseng
dc.subjectHabitabilityeng
dc.subjectLimits of lifeeng
dc.subjectMarseng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleLimits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISSnone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:0257-176904/6142-0
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/6114
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleAstrobiologynone
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2018.1897none
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameMary Ann Liebertnone
local.edoc.container-volume19none
local.edoc.container-issue2none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2019none
local.edoc.container-year2019none
local.edoc.container-firstpage145none
local.edoc.container-lastpage157none
local.edoc.rki-departmentZentrum für Biologische Gefahren und Spezielle Pathogenenone
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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