A sci-fi story, written ages ago by a young Michael Crichton, told of an organism from space, that posed a potential threat to us here on Earth called the Andromeda Strain. This past week, news came out of a bacterium previously unknown on Earth. It’s capable of surviving the harsh rigors of space, but it also adapted quickly, enough so that it surprised the researchers. The extended concern is that it is similar to other bacteria that cause severe infections in immunocompromised individuals, added to a growing resistance to antibiotics. It’s mutations could pose a threat that most couldn’t even have imagined… and yet Michael Crichton warned us.
An unknown bacterium, never before seen on our planet, has been discovered in the Chinese space station Tiangong. This discovery, worthy of science-fiction scenarios, raises new questions about life in orbit and microbiological risks. A different kind of space bacteria In May 2023, during a routine mission carried out by…
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