BioRock: new experiments and hardware to investigate microbe–mineral interactions in space

Claire-Marie Loudon; Natasha Nicholson; Kai Finster; Natalie Leys; Bo Byloos; Rob Van Houdt; Petra Rettberg; Ralf Moeller; Felix Fuchs; René Demets; Jutta Krause; Marco Vukich; Alessandro Mariani; Charles Cockell

doi:10.1017/S1473550417000234

BioRock: new experiments and hardware to investigate microbe–mineral interactions in space

Claire-Marie Loudon, Natasha Nicholson, Kai Finster, Natalie Leys, Bo Byloos, Rob Van Houdt, Petra Rettberg, Ralf Moeller, Felix Fuchs, René Demets, Jutta Krause, Marco Vukich, Alessandro Mariani, Charles Cockell

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe the development of an International Space Station experiment, BioRock. The purpose of this experiment is to investigate biofilm formation and microbe–mineral interactions in space. The latter research has application in areas as diverse as regolith amelioration and extraterrestrial mining. We describe the design of a prototype biomining reactor for use in space experimentation and investigations on in situ Resource Use and we describe the results of pre-flight tests.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	303-313
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Astrobiology
Volume	17
Issue number	4
Early online date	24 Jul 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550417000234
State	Published - 1 Oct 2018

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Loudon, C.-M., Nicholson, N., Finster, K., Leys, N., Byloos, B., Van Houdt, R., Rettberg, P., Moeller, R., Fuchs, F., Demets, R., Krause, J., Vukich, M., Mariani, A., & Cockell, C. (2018). BioRock: new experiments and hardware to investigate microbe–mineral interactions in space. International Journal of Astrobiology, 17(4), 303-313. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550417000234

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