About the Authors

Nikea Ulrich

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Space Microbiology Research Group, Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Cologne (Koeln), Germany

Katja Nagler

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Space Microbiology Research Group, Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Cologne (Koeln), Germany, MPG Research Group CATs (Complex Adaptive Traits), Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Heidelberg, Germany

Michael Laue

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy (ZBS 4), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Charles S. Cockell

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Physics and Astronomy, UK Center for Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Peter Setlow

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Ralf Moeller

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ralf.moeller@dlr.de

Affiliation Space Microbiology Research Group, Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Cologne (Koeln), Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.