@SGBarbour yeah they're headed to a closed, tight, re-circulated air environment. astronaut health, potential for equipment corrosion over the long term... seems like the space environment selects for pretty nasty, resilient microbes. https://t.co/6CFfX4Qv
@MikeyJ Agreed: 16S seq uncool for their questions too, but I wonder how much dust goes out everytime they open an airlock: https://t.co/uTP3WPs4QU
Microbiomes of the dust particles collected from the International Space Station and Spacecra... https://t.co/iqWPSOYQ1e #microbiomejournal
Microbiomes of the dust particles collected from the International Space Station and Spacecraft Assembly Facilities. https://t.co/WmL9b4w2g7