A comprehensive metagenomics framework to characterize organisms relevant for planetary protection

• Published in: Microbiome Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 82 - 15
• Main Authors: Danko, David C, Sierra, Maria A, Benardini, James N, Guan, Lisa, Wood, Jason M, Singh, Nitin, Seuylemezian, Arman, Butler, Daniel J, Ryon, Krista, Kuchin, Katerina, Meleshko, Dmitry, Bhattacharya, Chandrima, Venkateswaran, Kasthuri J, Mason, Christopher E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 01.04.2021; BMC
• Subjects: Biofilms; Cleanrooms; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Desiccation; DNA; Dust; Environment, Controlled; Extremophile; Filters; Genetic testing; Humans; Laboratories; Metagenome; Metagenomics; Microbial contamination; Microbial profiling; Microorganisms; Pathogens; Planetary Protection; Process controls; Space Flight; Spacecraft; Spacecraft Assembly Facility; Microbial profiling; Planetary Protection; Extremophile; Spacecraft Assembly Facility

Clean rooms of the Space Assembly Facility (SAF) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at NASA are the final step of spacecraft cleaning and assembly before launching into space. Clean rooms have stringent methods of air-filtration and cleaning to minimize microbial contamination for exoplanetary r...