Experiment

Experiment

A.037

Experiment

Bacterial proliferation under microgravity conditions

Primary investigator

Tixador, R. (F)

Co-investigator

Woldringh, C.L.; Van Bakel, M.A.J.M.

Contact point

Universtiy of Amsterdam, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Section Molecular Cytology

Category

Life Sciences

Main research area

Bacterial proliferation

Abstract

The present work has been carried out in cooperation with the group of Dr. R. Tixador (Toulouse), and forms part of the ANTIBIO project which will be performed during the IML-1 mission, scheduled for December 1990. In one of the previous ANTIBIO experiments of the .... (full text)

Objectives

To assess whether a change in a growth condition like microgravity affects cell proliferation the populations to be compared have both to be in a defined state of steady growth. This is because in populations, not fully adapted to their environment, individual cells are still .... (full text)

Experiment procedure

The hardware for culturing the cells consists of plastic bags ("berlingots") with a volume of 700 or 1400 l to which the contents of enclosed glass ampules can be added by breaking the glass. Originally, the experiment was set up in such a way that fresh medium in the .... (full text)

Funding agency

SRON

Launcher

Space Shuttle

Platform

Spacelab

Mission

IML-1

Facility

Biorack

Pictures

Electron micrographs of E. coli cells prepared whole mount by agar filtration for visualization of cell size an shape.
A. Cells growing in steady state.
B. Cells stored at 4C for about 180 h in the presence of glucose. Note the .... (full text)