Space Bacteria

[Lewis]

Super-bacteria are growing in space ... and we're the ones breeding them
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/health/super-bacteria-growing-in-space/index.html?hpt=he_c2

 

[Lewis]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/health/super-bacteria-growing-in-space/index.html?hpt=he_c2
You might think of space as a germ-free environment, but microbes can be carried to space inside human gut flora as well as in food and water and once up there, can be expelled by humans in their breath.

According to NASA, immune systems weaken during space flight, making the impact of infection even greater.

What's more, the greater radiation levels and the weightless microgravity environment of space alter bacteria as they grow. Recent work at NASA by Cheryl Nickerson and her team from Arizona State University discovered that certain bacteria become more virulent in space, meaning they become better at infecting us.

 

[Kathi]

That is interesting.Staph in space?We are corrupting space.