Scientists discover an unknown bacterium that has never been seen on earth in Tiangong Space Station, Chinese
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The search for life in space has led astronomers to look from the surface of the surface Mars to the atmospheres of the most distant exoplanets.
Now scientists have discovered unknown bacteria that have never been seen on earth – live in a hut China‘s Tiangong Space Station.
The bacteria, called Niallia Tiangongensis after the station, are a family member of a soil -living bacterium of the earth.
However, the researchers discovered that these unique bacteria have developed special adjustments that help to survive in space.
This includes specialized genes that help to repair damage caused by the intense radiation found outside the atmosphere of the earth.
Most surprisingly, the scientists discovered that the bacteria developed the ability to eat gelatin to create a tough protective ‘biofilm’.
Although it is known that the close family member on earth causes sepsis, it has not yet been established whether Niallia Tiangongensis is a threat to humans.
The researchers say that understanding the skills of new space -having bacteria ‘is essential for protecting the health of astronauts’.

Scientists have discovered an unknown species of bacteria that has never been seen on Earth who lives on Tiangong Space Station in China
The new species was found in monsters that were taken from the station in 2023 by members of the Shenzhou-15 mission.
The crew wiped the walls of the station with sterile tissues, which were then frozen and returned to the earth for analysis.
When scientists analyzed these samples, they found a kind of bacteria that was comparable to the common soil -dwelling species of Nialist circulans.
Niallia Circulans is a rod -shaped bacterium that spreads by spreading traces and is often found in the soil, waste water and in food.
In immunocomromitated patients, Nialist circulans can cause sepsis – a life -threatening condition caused by the body that responds incorrectly to a bacterial infection.
Just like his earthly cousin, Nilia Tiangongensis also spreads by spreading traces that can survive extreme conditions.
Niallia Tiangongensis probably started as a small colony of Niallia circulans bacteria or traces, which slowly adapted to their new life in space after they were brought to the station.
These adjustments help the bacteria to survive in the interior of the nutrition station in nutrients and to resist the tensions of space.

The bacteria, which were called Niallia Tiangongensis after the station, are a family member of a ground home bacterium of the earth that can cause sepsis (Stock image)
However, this is not the first time that people have accidentally created new bacterial types by taking them into space.
In April last year, NASA discovered 13 new tensions of drug -resistant bacteria that live at the international space station in the air openings, training equipment and toilets.
Just like Niallia Tiangongensis, the scientists believe that these bacteria started as species of the earth, which developed over time after lifting a ride to space.
Space agencies do everything they can not to pollute the controlled environments of space stations or other planets.
But as NASA starts to discover, it is almost impossible to prevent bacteria from getting a foothold in even the most sterile environment.
NASA recently discovered that the ‘Clean Rooms’ used to prepare the Phoenix Mars Lander, the home base were of 53 tribes of bacteria, including 26 previously unknown species.
Bacteria are so ridiculously cool that the space agency has even launched a mission to bump the outside of the ISS to see if germs can survive in the hard vacuum of the room.
This is an urgent issue for the Chinese Space Agency and NASA, because both organizations are currently trying to establish permanent bases on the moon.

Despite the sterile conditions of the Tiangong station (photo), the scientists discovered that the bacteria had evolved to survive better in space. The bacteria had evolved better resistance to hard space radiation and the ability to digest gelatin

This is not the first time that new bacteria have been discovered in space environments. NASA has even found 26 new types of bacteria that live in the so -called sterile clean rooms that are used to prepare spacecraft such as the James Webb Space Telescope (photo) of the Phoenix Mars Lander
Within the tight boundaries of a remote space station, infections can quickly spread between crew members.
If new, antibiotic -resistant bacteria develop within the station, this can sweep through the crew and cause serious health risks.
The overly sterile environment of a space station actually makes this risk worse by letting a handful of hardy bacteria thrive to thrive unrestrained.
NASA recently discovered that an increase in rash and cold sores experienced astronauts on the ISS can actually be caused by the station being too clean.
Without other bacteria fighting for drugs, germs flourished from the skin of the astronauts on the station walls and led to more occurring infections.
If countries are serious to keep people in space forever, they must find a way to manage and control the spread of these new bacteria species.
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