Microbial products for space nutrition

Cassamo U Mussagy; Jorge F B Pereira; Adalberto Pessoa Jr

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.12.004

Microbial products for space nutrition

Trends Biotechnol. 2024 Jan 4:S0167-7799(23)00343-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.12.004. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Cassamo U Mussagy¹, Jorge F B Pereira², Adalberto Pessoa Jr³

Affiliations

¹ Escuela de Agronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas y de los Alimentos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Quillota 2260000, Chile. Electronic address: cassamo.mussagy@pucv.cl.
² University of Coimbra, CIEPQPF, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pólo II - Pinhal de Marro-cos, 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal.
³ Department of Pharmaceutical-Biochemical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 38182440
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2023.12.004

Abstract

Sustainably producing nutrients beyond Earth is one of the biggest technical challenges for future extended human space missions. Microorganisms such as microalgae and cyanobacteria can provide astronauts with nutrients, pharmaceuticals, pure oxygen, and bio-based polymers, making them an interesting resource for constructing a circular bioregenerative life support system in space.

Keywords: bioregenerative life support systems; circular; in situ resources utilization; microorganisms; nutrition; space.