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ISS is not special. Strains found on earth did not evolve into drug resistant variants. E. bugandensis is multi-drug resistant resistant on Earth variants too.
by nabla9 3y ago
ISS is not special. Strains found on earth did not evolve into drug resistant variants. E. bugandensis is multi-drug resistant resistant on Earth variants too.
You can use quarantine to guard against many virus infections, but bacteria that always gets into space with humans is persistent threat. It's annoying when near Earth, but Mars missions must learn how to deal with emergencies.
- dogtorwoof 3y agoI do wonder about cosmic radiation and it’s ability to cause mutations to DNA. Could be part of the reason why there’s increased resistance.