The Challenge of Maintaining a Healthy Microbiome During Long-Duration Space Missions.

Astronauts will face a host of challenges on long-duration space missions like a human expedition to Mars, including the difficulty of maintaining a balanced and healthy microbiome. The human microbiome is the collection of all microorganisms residing in and on a human host, and it plays an essenti...

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Main Authors: Alexander Arnot Voorhies, Hernan Alejandro Lorenzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fspas.2016.00023/full