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A study of the microflora of structural surfaces on board the russian segment of the international space station (RS ISS) has demonstrated that the species composition that is formed during the mission is similar to that on board the mir station. the microflora of the sampled sites was similar to that of residential and industrial buildings on earth. it was represented by 17 species of fungi, seven genera of bacteria, and three genera of actinomycetes. the degree of colonization of the surfaces of structural materials of the rs iss by destructive microorganisms was low and showed undulating dynamics. the mycelial fungi included “technophile” species, which caused biological corrosion of an aluminum-magnesium alloy in simulation experiments.
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Original Russian Text © T.A. Alekhova, A.V. Aleksandrova, T.Yu. Novozhilova, L.V. Lysak, N.A. Zagustina, 2008, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2008, No. 4, pp. 27–33.
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Alekhova, T.A., Aleksandrova, A.V., Novozhilova, T.Y. et al. The experiment “initial stages of biological damage and deterioration in space”. Moscow Univ. Biol.Sci. Bull. 63, 163–169 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0096392508040056
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