Microbial community composition of water samples stored inside the International Space Station

Giovanni Bacci; Stefano Amalfitano; Caterina Levantesi; Simona Rossetti; Laurent Garrelly; Francesco Canganella; Giovanna Bianconi; Biowyse Consortium; Vincenzo Di Pilato; Gian Maria Rossolini; Alessio Mengoni; Renato Fani; Elena Perrin

doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2019.04.003

Microbial community composition of water samples stored inside the International Space Station

Res Microbiol. 2019 Jun-Aug;170(4-5):230-234. doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2019.04.003. Epub 2019 May 7.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, I-50019, Italy. Electronic address: giovanni.bacci@unifi.it.
² Water Research Institute - National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR), Area della Ricerca Roma 1, Via Salaria Km 29.300, I-00015, Monterotondo, Roma, Italy. Electronic address: amalfitano@irsa.cnr.it.
³ Water Research Institute - National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR), Area della Ricerca Roma 1, Via Salaria Km 29.300, I-00015, Monterotondo, Roma, Italy. Electronic address: levantesi@irsa.cnr.it.
⁴ Water Research Institute - National Research Council of Italy (IRSA-CNR), Area della Ricerca Roma 1, Via Salaria Km 29.300, I-00015, Monterotondo, Roma, Italy. Electronic address: rossetti@irsa1.irsa.cnr.it.
⁵ GLBiocontrol, 9, avenue de l'Europe, Cap Alpha, F-34 830, Clapiers, France. Electronic address: l.garrelly@gl-biocontrol.com.
⁶ Department of Biological, Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Università della Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis snc, I-01100, Viterbo, Italy. Electronic address: canganella@unitus.it.
⁷ Department of Biological, Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Università della Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis snc, I-01100, Viterbo, Italy. Electronic address: giovannabianconi@libero.it.
⁸ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni, 50, I-50134, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: vincenzo.dipilato@unifi.it.
⁹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni, 50, I-50134, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: grossolini@unifi.it.
¹⁰ Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, I-50019, Italy. Electronic address: alessio.mengoni@unifi.it.
¹¹ Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, I-50019, Italy. Electronic address: renato.fani@unifi.it.
¹² Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, I-50019, Italy. Electronic address: elena.perrin@unifi.it.

PMID: 31075387
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2019.04.003

Abstract

During the VIABLE ISS project (eValuatIon And monitoring of microBiofiLms insidE International Space Station), water samples subjected to two different silver treatments were sent and kept on board the International Space Station (ISS) from 2011 to 2016. In this note we report data on the viable and total bacterial load and on the composition of the microbial communities of the VIABLE ISS samples.

Keywords: International Space Station; Microbiome; Silver; VIABLE ISS; Water.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Archaea / classification*
Bacteria / classification*
Bacterial Load / drug effects
Microbiota
Silver / pharmacology*
Spacecraft*
Water / analysis*
Water Microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Water
Silver