Iron can be microbially extracted from Lunar and Martian regolith simulants and 3D printed into tough structural materials

• Sofie M. Castelein ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sofie M. Castelein, Tom F. Aarts

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Bionanoscience, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

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• Tom F. Aarts ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sofie M. Castelein, Tom F. Aarts

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bionanoscience, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9022-6692

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• Juergen Schleppi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Institute for Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0573-564X

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• Ruud Hendrikx,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

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• Amarante J. Böttger,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2736-1979

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• Dominik Benz,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

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• Maude Marechal,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands

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• Advenit Makaya,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), ESA, Noordwijk, Netherlands

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• Stan J. J. Brouns,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Department of Bionanoscience, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

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• Martin Schwentenwein,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Lithoz GmbH, Wien, Austria

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• Anne S. Meyer ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: anne@annemeyerlab.org (ASM); benjamin91lehner@gmail.com (BAEL)

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Benjamin A. E. Lehner

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: anne@annemeyerlab.org (ASM); benjamin91lehner@gmail.com (BAEL)

  Affiliation Department of Bionanoscience, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9396-7541

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