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Characterization of fungi isolated from the equipment used in the International Space Station or Space Shuttle
Author(s) -
Satoh Kazuo,
Yamazaki Takashi,
Nakayama Takako,
Umeda Yoshiko,
Alshahni Mohamed Mahdi,
Makimura Miho,
Makimura Koichi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/1348-0421.12375
Subject(s) - biology , cladosporium , penicillium , antifungal , aspergillus , international space station , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , aerospace engineering , engineering
As a part of a series of studies regarding the microbial biota in manned space environments, fungi were isolated from six pieces of equipment recovered from the Japanese Experimental Module “KIBO” of the International Space Station and from a space shuttle. Thirty‐seven strains of fungi were isolated, identified and investigated with regard to morphological phenotypes and antifungal susceptibilities. The variety of fungi isolated in this study was similar to that of several previous reports. The dominant species belonged to the genera Penicillium , Aspergillus and Cladosporium , which are potential causative agents of allergy and opportunistic infections. The morphological phenotypes and antifungal susceptibilities of the strains isolated from space environments were not significantly different from those of reference strains on Earth.