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Bioprocessing in space

Two approaches for biomass processing in Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems are compared in a literature survey. The approaches are based on (1) total oxidation of plant matter and (2) the potential of bioregenerative recovery.

Review Literature↗

Relief from glucose interference in microcin B17 biosynthesis by growth in a rotating-wall bioreactor

Glucose interference in production of microcin B17 by Escherichia coli ZK650 was decreased sevenfold by growth in a ground-based rotating-wall bioreactor operated in the simulated microgravity mode as compared with growth in flasks. When cells were grown in the bioreactor in the normal gravity mode, relief from glucose interference was even more dramatic, amounting to a decrease in glucose interference of over 100-fold.

NASA Discipline Environmental Health↗

Secondary metabolism in simulated microgravity: beta-lactam production by Streptomyces clavuligerus

Rotating bioreactors designed at NASA's Johnson Space Center were used to simulate a microgravity environment in which to study secondary metabolism. The system examined was beta-lactam antibiotic production by Streptomyces clavuligerus. Both growth and beta-lactam production occurred in simulated microgravity. Stimulatory effects of phosphate and L-lysine, previously detected in normal gravity, also occurred in simulated microgravity. The degree of beta-lactam antibiotic production was markedly inhibited by simulated microgravity.

NASA Discipline Environmental Health↗