Bacterial cellulose enables microbial life on Mars - EurekAlert

An international research team including the University of Göttingen has investigated the chances of survival of kombucha cultures under Mars-like conditions. Kombucha is known as a drink, sometimes called tea fungus or mushroom tea, which is produced by ferm…

image: Section of the EXPOSE-2 platform outside the International Space Station (ISS) simulating a Mars-like environment that was used for the experiments.view more  Credit: European Space Agency (E… [+3468 chars]

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