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SUBMITTER: Cockell CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7656455 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cockell Charles S CS Santomartino Rosa R Finster Kai K Waajen Annemiek C AC Eades Lorna J LJ Moeller Ralf R Rettberg Petra P Fuchs Felix M FM Van Houdt Rob R Leys Natalie N Coninx Ilse I Hatton Jason J Parmitano Luca L Krause Jutta J Koehler Andrea A Caplin Nicol N Zuijderduijn Lobke L Mariani Alessandro A Pellari Stefano S SS Carubia Fabrizio F Luciani Giacomo G Balsamo Michele M Zolesi Valfredo V Nicholson Natasha N Loudon Claire-Marie CM Doswald-Winkler Jeannine J Herová Magdalena M Rattenbacher Bernd B Wadsworth Jennifer J Craig Everroad R R Demets René R
Nature communications 20201110 1
Microorganisms are employed to mine economically important elements from rocks, including the rare earth elements (REEs), used in electronic industries and alloy production. We carried out a mining experiment on the International Space Station to test hypotheses on the bioleaching of REEs from basaltic rock in microgravity and simulated Mars and Earth gravities using three microorganisms and a purposely designed biomining reactor. Sphingomonas desiccabilis enhanced mean leached concentrations of ...[more]