The First Space-Related Study of a Kombucha Multimicrobial Cellulose-Forming Community Preparatory Laboratory Experiments

Authors:
O Podolich, I Zaets, O Kukharenko, I Orlovska, O Reva, L Khirunenko, M Sosnin, A Haidak, S Shpylova, I Rohutskyy, A Kharina, Skoryk

Abstract:
Biofilm-forming microbial communities are known as the most robust assemblages that can survive in harsh environments. Biofilm-associated microorganisms display greatly increased resistance to physical and chemical adverse conditions and they are expected to be the first form of life on Earth or anywhere else. Biological molecules synthesized by biofilm -
protected microbiomes may serve as markers of the nucleoprotein life. We offer a new experimental model, a kombucha multimicrobial culture (KMC), to assess the structural integrity of a widespread microbial polymer - cellulose - as a biosignature of bacteria-producers for the multipurpose international project "Biological and Mars Experiment (BIOMEX)", which aims to study the vitality of pro- and eukaryotic organisms and the stability of organic

Keywords: cellulose, iron, ph, protein, space



Country: Ukraine

Citation: Orig Life Evol BiosphDOI 10.1007/s11084-016-9483-4

Study Mailing Address:
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of NASU, Acad. Zabolotnoho str., 150, 03680 Kyiv,
Ukraine

Date Updated: March 28, 2020