Studying Impacts of Gravity on Essential Microbe-Animal Interactions in Analogue and Real Nonterran Environments

Katherine Baxter; Kevin B. Clark

Studying Impacts of Gravity on Essential Microbe-Animal Interactions in Analogue and Real Nonterran Environments

Katherine Baxter
, Kevin B. Clark

Strathclyde Institute Of Pharmacy And Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

Altered gravity may adversely impact microbe-animal interactions essential for host health, immunity and wellbeing. With the next decades of space exploration posing extreme physiological challenges, disruption of crewmembers' microbiomes by the gravitational continuum is an unknown hazard that requires immediate research focus to mitigate risk. In this paper we discuss current gaps in knowledge and recommend areas of investigation.

Original language	English
Type	NAS Decadal Survey Concept Paper
Media of output	White Paper
Number of pages	13
Place of Publication	Washington, D.C.
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2021

Keywords

altered gravity
microbe-animal interactions
host health
immunity
wellbeing
space exploration
physiological challenges
extreme conditions
gravitational continuum

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