Science Cartoon based on decision of US Govt to release research Chimp

Science Cartoon based on decision of US Govt to release research Chimp 

 

Science cartoon on "Bacteria on International Space Station"

Bacteria on International Space Station

No place is completely clean! Either you roam on earth or fly to the International space station (ISS), you will get bacteria everywhere. Consider it as dirty but the fact is, scientist found the presence of bacteria on ISS also.  Venkateswaran and his team collected samples from ISS and two clean rooms at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL, Pasadena, CA) to study the presence of microflora. They found strong evidence that specific human skin-associated microorganisms make a substantial contribution to the ISS microbiome, which is not the case on Earth-based classrooms. For example, Corynebacterium and Propionibacterium (Actinobacteria) but not Staphylococcus (Firmicutes) species are dominant on the ISS in terms of viability and total bacterial community composition. Their finding is published in Open Access journal Microbiome on 27 Oct 2015.

Original Paper: Microbiomes of the dust particles collected from the International Space Station and Spacecraft Assembly Facilities

Article on Science Magazine site: The International Space Station is home to potentially dangerous bacteria