Association·nasa

Space environment induces osmoprotective pathways in microbes

Claim that microbes activate osmoprotective pathways and produce compatible solutes for increased osmotolerance under space environment stress.

Confidence
80%
active

Evidence Quote

cells activate pathways similar to those induced during osmotic stress and produce osmoprotective compounds ... to survive in the space environment

Relationship

Osmoprotective pathways activation in microbes under space environment induces Antioxidant defence mechanisms in microbes during spaceflight