Spaceflight Promotes Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Wooseong Kim; Farah K. Tengra; Zachary Young; Jasmine Shong; Nicholas Marchand; Hon Kit Chan; Ravindra C. Pangule; Macarena Parra; Jonathan S. Dordick; Joel L. Plawsky; Cynthia H. Collins

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062437

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Spaceflight Promotes Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Wooseong Kim,

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America
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Farah K. Tengra,

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America
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Zachary Young,

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America
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Jasmine Shong,

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America
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Nicholas Marchand,

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America
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Hon Kit Chan,

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America
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Ravindra C. Pangule,

Current address: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Rensselaer, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America
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Macarena Parra,

Affiliation Lockheed Martin, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America
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Jonathan S. Dordick,

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America
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Joel L. Plawsky,

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America
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Cynthia H. Collins

* E-mail: ccollins@rpi.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, United States of America
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Spaceflight Promotes Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Wooseong Kim,
Farah K. Tengra,
Zachary Young,
Jasmine Shong,
Nicholas Marchand,
Hon Kit Chan,
Ravindra C. Pangule,
Macarena Parra,
Jonathan S. Dordick,
Joel L. Plawsky

Published: April 29, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062437

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Genetics or collective consciousness?

Posted by Redrooster on 25 Jun 2013 at 10:29 GMT

Whoaaaah,this is interesting how the bacteria seem to be organizing themselves like ants or bees with a collective consciousness or they could possibly be already prepared genetically for space, I can remember reading somewhere or other about intergalactic dust clouds that astronomers have said have the appearance of being made up of bacteria? The mind boggles.

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