Tag: Mars

Life in space – UF/IFAS faculty awarded three grants for further exploration

Posted: October 15, 2020

The NASA Biological and Physical Sciences Division’s Space Biology Program recently announced 18 grants that will advance our understanding of how living systems respond to life in space. Three of those grants were awarded to… Read More

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research

Tags: Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, grants, Horticultural Sciences, horticultural sciences department, Mars, Microbiology and Cell Science, NASA

UF study: Some Earth bacteria survive and grow at extremely low pressure; may aid Mars research

by BLOGS.IFAS2

Posted: January 7, 2013

Captions at bottom. Click here and here for high resolution versions. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have discovered for the first time that some Earth bacteria can live under the same low pressure… Read More

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research

Tags: Andrew Schuerger, Astrobiology, bacteria, Carnobacterium, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Mars, NASA, Plant Pathology, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Serratia, Serratia liquefaciens, University of Florida, Wayne Nicholson

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