Evaluating Quantitative Measures of Microbial Contamination from China's Spacecraft Materials.,Astrobiology

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Evaluating Quantitative Measures of Microbial Contamination from China's Spacecraft Materials.
Astrobiology ( IF 3.5 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-06 , DOI: 10.1089/ast.2019.2070
Cong-Xin Xin ₁ , Adil Farooq Lodhi _{1,

2} , Xi Qu ₃ , Yasmeen Shakir _{1,

2} , Yu-Lin Deng ₁ , Ying Zhang ₁

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Different methods are used for the quantification of microbial load on spacecrafts. Here, we investigated a number of methodologies currently in use with the intent to identify the most accurate methods for the quantification of microbes on low-biomass metal surfaces such as those used in China's Space Station. In a previous study, we observed a high abundance of Bacillus sp. TJ 1-1 on interior surfaces of China's Space Station, and we therefore undertook this study in which we used a range of 10² to 10⁹ cells/100 cm² of this strain for setting different contamination levels. Four of the most common analytical approaches (contact plate, spread plate, quantitative PCR, and BacLight™) were used to quantify the number of viable microbial cells associated with the materials of China's Space Station. Results show that, for 10² cells/100 cm², the contact plate method is the most convenient and reliable. For microbial contamination levels ≥10³ cells/100 cm² and a sampling area of 121 cm², the BacLight method proved to be most reliable for the detection of live cells. Moreover, a sampling area of 121 cm² was found to be the most suitable for analysis of metal surfaces for space station interiors, which are usually low in biomass. These results establish suitable sampling and processing methodologies for microbial enumeration of metal surfaces on China's Space Station.

更新日期：2020-08-12

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