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The Affect of the Space Environment on the Survival of Halorubrum Chaoviator and Synechococcus (Nägeli) 3 International Journal of Astrobiology 0 (0): 1–6 (2014) doi:10.1017/S147355041400055X © Cambridge University Press 2014 1 2 3 4 The affect of the space environment on the 5 Halorubrum chaoviator 6 survival of and 7 Synechococcus 8 (Nägeli): data from the Space 9 10 Experiment OSMO on EXPOSE-R 11 12 13 R. L. Mancinelli 14 Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, MS 239-4 NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94043, USA 15 e-mail: [email protected] 16 ’ 17 Abstract: We have shown using ESA s Biopan facility flown in Earth orbit that when exposed to the space 18 environment for 2 weeks the survival rate of Synechococcus (Nägeli), a halophilic cyanobacterium isolated from the evaporitic gypsum–halite crusts that form along the marine intertidal, and Halorubrum chaoviator a 19 member of the Halobacteriaceae isolated from an evaporitic NaCl crystal obtained from a salt evaporation 20 pond, were higher than all other test organisms except Bacillus spores. These results led to the EXPOSE-R 21 mission to extend and refine these experiments as part of the experimental package for the external platform 22 space exposure facility on the ISS. The experiment was flown in February 2009 and the organisms were 23 exposed to low-Earth orbit for nearly 2 years. Samples were either exposed to solar ultraviolet 24 (UV)-radiation (λ > 110 nm or λ > 200 nm, cosmic radiation (dosage range 225–320 mGy), or kept in 25 darkness shielded from solar UV-radiation. Half of each of the UV-radiation exposed samples and dark 5 26 samples were exposed to space vacuum and half kept at 10 pascals in argon. Duplicate samples were kept in 27 the laboratory to serve as unexposed controls. Ground simulation control experiments were also performed. – 28 After retrieval, organism viability was tested using Molecular Probes Live Dead Bac-Lite stain and by their 29 reproduction capability. Samples kept in the dark, but exposed to space vacuum had a 90 ± 5% survival rate compared to the ground controls. Samples exposed to full UV-radiation for over a year were bleached and 30 although results from Molecular Probes Live–Dead stain suggested *10% survival, the data indicate that no 31 survival was detected using cell growth and division using the most probable number method. Those samples 32 exposed to attenuated UV-radiation exhibited limited survival. Results from of this study are relevant to 33 understanding adaptation and evolution of life, the future of life beyond earth, the potential for 34 interplanetary transfer of viable microbes via meteorites and dust particles as well as spacecraft, and the 35 physiology of halophiles. 36 Received 17 September 2014, accepted 26 September 2014 37 Key words: desiccation resistance, halophiles, International Space Station, radiation resistance, space flight. 38 39 40 Introduction 41 include Bacillus subtilis spores, bacteria, bacteriophage T-1, 42 In a broad sense the focus of this study is on life moving beyond tobacco mosaic virus, osmophilic microbes, cyanobacteria 43 its planet of origin, a question of evolutionary interest and be- and lichens (Horneck & Brack 1992; Horneck 1993; 44 cause human exploration of space is the movement of life from Mancinelli et al. 1998; Nicholson et al. 2000, reviewed in 45 Earth. Moving beyond the planet of origin requires a vehicle Horneck et al. 2010). B. subtilis spores will survive for years 46 for transport, the ability to withstand transport, and the ability in space if in a multilayer or mixed with glucose to protect 47 to colonize, thrive and ultimately evolve in the new environ- them against high solar ultraviolet (UV)-radiation flux, but 48 ment. The core of this study is to identify organisms that are are killed in minutes if exposed in a monolayer (Horneck 49 likely to withstand the rigors of space, using as a guiding prin- 1993; Horneck et al. 1994, 2001). Viruses lose viability in 50 ciple the hypothesis that desiccation resistance and natural weeks (reviewed in Horneck & Brack 1992; Horneck et al. 51 exposure to high levels of radiation are good predictors of radi- 2010). The halophile Halorubrum chaoviator (Mancinelli 52 ation resistance. Critical to this is the ability of the organisms to et al. 2009) (formerly Haloarcula-G) and the cyanobacterium 53 withstand space radiation, space vacuum desiccation and time Synechococcus (Nägeli) can survive for at least weeks in the 54 in transit. The result of this investigation will increase our space environment (Mancinelli et al. 1998) and probably 55 understanding of several of these parameters. much longer (Mancinelli et al. 2004). 56 Can life survive beyond its home planet? In attempts to an- The interplanetary medium poses obstacles to the survival of 57 swer this question microbes tested in the space environment Earth-based, and presumably, all carbon-based life. Space is 2 R. L. Mancinelli 58 extremely cold. It is subject to unfiltered solar radiation, solar that catalyses the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to oxy- 59 wind and galactic cosmic radiation. It has exceedingly low gen and water. Peroxidases are also used by some bacteria and 60 pressures, and has a much lower gravity than Earth protists to decompose hydrogen peroxide to water by oxidizing 61 (Mileikowsky et al. 2000; Horneck 2003; Rothschild 2003). organic compounds. Moreover, water- and lipid soluble 62 Space is a nutritional wasteland with respect to water and antioxidants, such as glutathione or ascorbate and tocopherol, 63 organic carbon. The organisms most likely to survive these respectively, scavenge free radicals. Many halophilic microbes 64 conditions are microbes, although some seeds, fungi, lichens are pigmented and contain carotenoids that act as quenchers 65 or invertebrates might be able to make the journey. For the of single-state oxygen (rev. in Siefermann-Harms 1987), that 66 small prokaryotes, gravity is not an issue, and cold tolerance can result from both radiation damage and desiccation. 67 is widespread among spores. The European Space Agency’s multi-user exposure facility 68 During the short term, most damage to microbes exposed to EXPOSE (Schulte et al. 2001) was used for this study. 69 the space environment is due to UV-radiation, but heavy ioniz- Attached to the outside of the International Space Station 70 ing radiation has a greater probability of being lethal (rev. in (ISS), EXPOSE provides a platform for long-term studies of 71 Horneck et al. 1994; Horneck et al. 2010). Reactive oxygen the space environment (Rabbow et al. 2009, 2012, 2014). 72 species are produced by ionizing radiation during flight and EXPOSE-R was placed outside of the Russian Zvezda module 73 are an important component of radiation damage in space of the ISS for nearly 2 years, from March 2009 to January 74 (Horneck et al. 2010). Types of DNA damage due to UV 2011 (Rabbow et al. 2014). The results of exposure of the 75 and ionizing radiation in space are, in order of increasing dan- archaeal halophile H. chaoviator and the cyanobacterium 76 ger to the cell, damage to nucleo-bases, single strand breaks Synechococcus (Nägeli) while in the EXPOSE-R platform 77 and double strand breaks. are reported in this paper. 78 Desiccation tolerance has been reported for a variety of 79 organisms including bacteria, yeast, lichenized fungi, plants, 80 insects and crustaceans (e.g. Clegg 1986; Csonka &Hanson Materials and methods 81 1991; Crowe et al. 1992 reviewed in Potts 1994; Jönsson Organisms 82 et al. 2008; de la Torre et al. 2010; Tepfer et al. 2012). One of Synechococcus (Nägeli), a halophilic cyanobacterium isolated 83 the mechanisms of death due to anhydrobiosis (extreme desic- from the evaporitic gypsum–halite crusts that form along the 84 cation) in prokaryotes is the dehydration of DNA leading to its marine intertidal, and H. chaoviator a member of the 85 breakage (Dose et al. 1991, 1992, 1995). Halobacteriaceae isolated from an evaporitic NaCl crystal 86 The ability to cope with high concentrations of salt and/or obtained from a salt evaporation pond were used in this 87 desiccation seems to be a good predictor of protection from study. The isolation protocol for each organism is described 88 radiation damage as has been shown in microbes on Earth. elsewhere (Mancinelli et al. 1998, 2009) 89 This is due to the fact that DNA damage accumulates during 90 desiccation because there is no DNA repair (Setlow 1992). We 91 know that organisms living in evaporitic salt crusts are highly Sample preparation for flight 92 resistant to desiccation, space vacuum and UV-radiation H. chaoviator was grown to just past mid-log phase in casein 93 through ground (Rothschild et al. 1994; Rothschild & medium (ATCC #876) consisting of: NaCl 250.0 g, HYCase 94 Mancinelli 2001; Rothschild 2003) and spaceflight experiments 5.0 g, yeast extract 5.0 g, MgCl2.6H2O 20.0 g, KCl 2.0 g, 95 aboard ESA’s Biopan facility (Mancinelli et al. 1998). CaCl2.2H2O 0.2 g, all dissolved in 900 ml distilled H2O. The 96 Duricrusts thought to be indicative of salt crusts, were found pH was adjusted to 7.4 before adjusting to a final volume of 97 at both Viking lander sites (Clark 1978; Clark & van Hart 1 litre of distilled H2O. The medium was sterilized by autoclav- 98 1981). Deposits considered to be saltpans are seen on images ing. Growth was monitored turbidometrically with a 99 of the martian surface (Forsythe & Zimbelman 1995). Klett-Summerson colorimeter equipped with a red #66 filter. 100 Magnesium sulphate salts have also been detected on Mars The growth phase was determined by comparing the Klett 101 (Vaniman et al. 2004). On any world in which liquid water readings with a growth curve for the organism.
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