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@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

🦠 Microbes in Space Mutated And Developed a Remarkable Ability

「 In the weightlessness of space, bacteria acquired mutations in genes involved in the microbe's stress response and nutrient management. Their surface proteins also changed. After a slow start, the phages mutated in response, so they could continue binding to their victims 」

https://www.sciencealert.com/microbes-in-space-mutated-and-developed-a-remarkable-ability

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Microbes in Space Mutated And Developed a Remarkable Ability

A box full of viruses and bacteria has completed its return trip to the International Space Station, and the changes these 'bugs' experienced in their travels could help us Earthlings tackle drug-resistant infections.
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