Discussions demonstrate high interest through phrases like 'super cool' and focus on potential uses in space cultivation, with some posts referencing detailed scientific methods. The tone is excited but analytical, reflecting a recognition of the research's importance rather than sensationalism.
AgreementModerate agreement
Most discussions are positive, recognizing the significance of discovering new bacteria, with some explicitly calling it 'super cool' and emphasizing its importance for space microbiology.
InterestHigh interest
Many posts express curiosity and fascination, especially highlighting that these bacteria could aid future space missions or improve plant growth in extraterrestrial environments.
EngagementModerate engagement
Participants reference the methods of discovery like advanced genetic testing and microbiome analysis, showing active engagement with the scientific process.
ImpactModerate impact
While the discovery is acknowledged as notable, discussions mostly revolve around scientific interest rather than immediate societal or technological impacts.
Abstract in brief
Three bacterial strains were isolated from different locations on the International Space Station during two consecutive missions, and they are genetically similar but considered a new species based on advanced DNA analyses.
These strains are Gram-negative, rod-shaped, and motile bacteria that grow best at temperatures between 25-30°C and tolerate certain pH levels and salt concentrations, with biochemical features resembling known species but distinct enough to be classified as a new species.
Genomic, biochemical, and fatty acid studies all support the classification of these strains as a novel species within the genus, named "sp nov," with detailed analysis confirming their unique identity.
Неизвестные науке виды бактерий, привезённые на Землю с МКС, задействуют в земном растениеводстве!
Species of bacteria unknown to science, brought to Earth from the ISS, are used in terrestrial crop production!
➡️https://t.co/8dl5ttueES https://t.co/ktpXsPokus
Mar 19, 2021 · 26 likes · 6 shares · 79,198 followersView post →
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Frontiers - Microbiology
@FrontMicrobiol · X
New bacteria lurking on ISS no space oddity
Mar 22, 2021 · 20 likes · 8 shares · 24,455 followersView post →
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Kristen M DeAngelis, PhD
@kristenobacter · X
This salacious headline is hiding something much cooler: these may be new plant-growth promoting bacteria adapted to zero gravity conditions! https://t.co/8p2dHte9Ka https://t.co/fKHfoc4UYk
Mar 20, 2021 · 19 likes · 1 share · 4,720 followersView post →
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Frontiers
@FrontiersIn · X
A study published in @FrontMicrobiol and featured in @WIRED reports on the discovery of 3 novel bacterial strains aboard the @Space_Station. This might help future space missions grow food in extreme environments.
Read the study: https://t.co/PWDmNbo7yc
https://t.co/3KTKftc56L
Three novel strains of bacteria have been discovered aboard the @Space_Station. They might be useful in helping future space missions grow food in extreme environments.
Read the study in @FrontMicrobiol: https://t.co/lH9sl1kgUY, or our news article ⬇ https://t.co/UlRAi0Fmzi
Mar 23, 2021 · 15 likes · 6 shares · 90,043 followersView post →
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SciShow
@SciShow · X
How do we prevent stowaway astronaut bacteria from spreading in space?
https://t.co/Coy8Bo2wc7 https://t.co/wc8LsliCJX
Nov 17, 2021 · 12 likes · 1 share · 114,049 followersView post →
Three genetically similar bacterial strains were isolated from the ISS during two missions. These Gram-negative, motile bacteria grow best at 25-30°C and are classified as a new species, highlighting space microbiology…
The identification of four strains belonging to Methylobacteriaceae, isolated from the International Space Station #WorldSpaceWeek
Oct 6, 2021 · 10 likes · 3 shares · 24,455 followersView post →
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People_of_Space:
@People_Of_Space · X
Despite all the weird headlines that claimed new ~alien~ bacteria had been found on the ISS, I still think it's super cool that we identified new variants of a common family of Earth bacteria on the ISS and they were quite different.
https://t.co/lg27fWnomI
May 4, 2021 · 11 likes · 8,954 followersView post →
Methylobacterium ajmalii sp. nov.，Isolated From the International Space Station. Frontiers in Microbiology. (2021) doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.639396 → 国際宇宙ステーションで発見された3種類の「未知の細菌」が持つ重要な意味(GetNavi web)
#Yahooニュース
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A study published in @FrontMicrobiol and featured in @WIRED reports on the discovery of 3 novel bacterial strains aboard the @Space_Station. This might help future space missions grow food in extreme environments.
Read the study: https://t.co/PWDmNbo7yc
https://t.co/3KTKftc56L
Quer mais detalhes? Dá um pulinho no blog!
LINK: https://t.co/1ktX6ENDrQ
Referência:
Bijlani et al. (2021) Methylobacterium ajmalii sp. nov., isolated from the international Space Station. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.639396
#Microbes really do get everywhere! Three strains of a new species of #bacteria and one previously known species, all from the same Genus, have been found in the International Space Station.
Read the article: https://t.co/VcPCKqIBeD
#scienceandenvironment #microbiology #CDMO https://t.co/RakTU8UfAU
Bon par contre de ce que je lis en parcourant https://t.co/2OIOthrlgS , ils l'ont pas trouvée lors d'une expérience mais en faisant des contrôles des surfaces et des filtres à air. Gardez ptêt la porte du bunker ouverte on sait jamais... :-D
Mar 23, 2021 · 1 share · 165,922 followersView post →
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Microastronaut
@astromicronauta · X
RT @FrontMicrobiol: New bacteria lurking on ISS no space oddity
Mar 23, 2021 · 4 shares · 198 followersView post →
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Battamir.U
@tamir_but · X
@LightBringep https://t.co/bHAeqN5fUT
Mar 23, 2021 · 1 like · 15,846 followersView post →
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Battamir.U
@tamir_but · X
@Demberel_S https://t.co/bHAeqMNEwj
Mar 23, 2021 · 1 like · 1 share · 15,846 followersView post →
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Frontiers - Microbiology
@FrontMicrobiol · X
New bacteria lurking on ISS no space oddity
Mar 23, 2021 · 4 likes · 4 shares · 24,455 followersView post →
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Sridevi Rao Ph.D
@sitahyderabadi · X
RT @FrontiersIn: Three novel strains of bacteria have been discovered aboard the @Space_Station. They might be useful in helping future spa…
Mar 23, 2021 · 6 shares · 981 followersView post →
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Shah Faisal
@shahfai43982721 · X
RT @FrontiersIn: Three novel strains of bacteria have been discovered aboard the @Space_Station. They might be useful in helping future spa…
Mar 23, 2021 · 6 shares · 604 followersView post →
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Frontiers - Microbiology
@FrontMicrobiol · X
RT @FrontiersIn: Three novel strains of bacteria have been discovered aboard the @Space_Station. They might be useful in helping future spa…
Mar 23, 2021 · 6 shares · 24,455 followersView post →
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Dr. د. عبدالواحد الزهراني
@ralzahrani2020 · X
RT @FrontiersIn: Three novel strains of bacteria have been discovered aboard the @Space_Station. They might be useful in helping future spa…
Mar 23, 2021 · 6 shares · 4,421 followersView post →
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Frontiers
@FrontiersIn · X
Three novel strains of bacteria have been discovered aboard the @Space_Station. They might be useful in helping future space missions grow food in extreme environments.
Read the study in @FrontMicrobiol: https://t.co/lH9sl1kgUY, or our news article ⬇ https://t.co/UlRAi0Fmzi
Mar 23, 2021 · 15 likes · 6 shares · 90,043 followersView post →
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National Centre for Microbial Resource
@NCMR_Pune · X
RT @FrontMicrobiol: New bacteria lurking on ISS no space oddity
Mar 22, 2021 · 8 shares · 1,971 followersView post →
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Jeff Newman
@lycoprof · X
RT @FrontMicrobiol: New bacteria lurking on ISS no space oddity
Mar 22, 2021 · 8 shares · 190 followersView post →
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Raquel Peixoto
@peixotors · X
RT @FrontMicrobiol: New bacteria lurking on ISS no space oddity
Mar 22, 2021 · 8 shares · 4,147 followersView post →
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Frontiers - Microbiology
@FrontMicrobiol · X
New bacteria lurking on ISS no space oddity
Mar 22, 2021 · 20 likes · 8 shares · 24,455 followersView post →
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Türk Mikrobiyoloji Cemiyeti
@TMC_online_ · X
• Çalışma @FrontMicrobiol dergisinde yayınlanmıştır.
• Kaynak: @LabRoots
• Makale: Bijlani S, et al. Methylobacterium ajmalii sp. nov., Isolated From the International Space Station https://t.co/QETjcs7cbf
• Görsel: Pixabay/NASA @pixabay
Mar 22, 2021 · 10 likes · 4,055 followersView post →
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Lluïsset
@Lluisgjf · X
Mar 21, 2021 · 1 like · 4,781 followersView post →
This salacious headline is hiding something much cooler: these may be new plant-growth promoting bacteria adapted to zero gravity conditions! https://t.co/8p2dHte9Ka https://t.co/fKHfoc4UYk
Mar 20, 2021 · 19 likes · 1 share · 4,720 followersView post →
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Laurent Gayme
@lgayme · X
RT @mdrechsler: Pour en savoir plus sur ces bactéries inconnues ▶️https://t.co/w1I68kZnQx
Mar 20, 2021 · 1 share · 4,555 followersView post →
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Michèle Drechsler
@mdrechsler · X
Pour en savoir plus sur ces bactéries inconnues ▶️https://t.co/w1I68kZnQx https://t.co/Wgp9PaJ7xa
Mar 20, 2021 · 1 like · 1 share · 22,122 followersView post →
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Siegfried Treitner
@TreitnerS · X
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#Methylobacterium ajmalii sp. nov., Isolated From the #International #Space #Station
Descubren microbios hasta ahora desconocidos en la estación especial. Si hubiese surgido en la estación especial, ¿Podríamos hablar de la primera forma de vida extraterrestre conocida o al estar orbitando la tierra, debería ser considerada terrícola? https://t.co/KNgGS2hHPP
[L’étude à découvrir] 05/03 > L'évolution du niveau trophique humain au #Pléistocène https://t.co/JVsad6A6Gn via #AmericanJournalOfPhysicalAnthropology #LaMethSci
Mar 19, 2021 · 2 likes · 57,676 followersView post →
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Gabriel Domínguez
@MGa_Dominguez · X
Descubren 4 cepas de bacterias en la #ISS una es la Methylorubrum rhodesianum y las otras tres pertenecen a una misma especie no identificada, que denominaron provisionalmente IF7SW-B2T, IIF1SW-B5 e IIF4SW-B5.
https://t.co/cgSfRHIozS
RT @AzzByp: https://t.co/bpjiq41xLS
New bacterial strains isolated from the International Space Station, and might have plant-growth promot…
Mar 19, 2021 · 1 share · 1,427 followersView post →
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Yu Wu
@AzzByp · X
https://t.co/bpjiq41xLS
New bacterial strains isolated from the International Space Station, and might have plant-growth promoting activities.
#Methylobacterium #ISS
RT @OlegMKS: Неизвестные науке виды бактерий, привезённые на Землю с МКС, задействуют в земном растениеводстве!
Species of bacteria unkno…
Mar 19, 2021 · 6 shares · 711 followersView post →
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Itza Serrano
@2itza · X
RT @OlegMKS: Неизвестные науке виды бактерий, привезённые на Землю с МКС, задействуют в земном растениеводстве!
Species of bacteria unkno…
Mar 19, 2021 · 6 shares · 375 followersView post →
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MonkeyMan2001, PhD
@MonkeyMan2001 · X
@dr_seminnis @DoctorYasmin There's lot of unidentified bacteria and these are closely related to other species, so it's not new chemistry or anything alien. Here's the primary article and the pic is the first page: https://t.co/rWSFMeq6UV https://t.co/LbvR9zVRph
RT @OlegMKS: Неизвестные науке виды бактерий, привезённые на Землю с МКС, задействуют в земном растениеводстве!
Species of bacteria unkno…
Mar 19, 2021 · 6 shares · 136 followersView post →
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Oleg Artemyev
@OlegMKS · X
Неизвестные науке виды бактерий, привезённые на Землю с МКС, задействуют в земном растениеводстве!
Species of bacteria unknown to science, brought to Earth from the ISS, are used in terrestrial crop production!
➡️https://t.co/8dl5ttueES https://t.co/ktpXsPokus
Mar 19, 2021 · 26 likes · 6 shares · 79,198 followersView post →
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Massimo Barberi
@masbarberi · X
Unknown bacteria discovered on the space station | Space Microbiome https://t.co/eSs5P3Ex30
Mar 19, 2021 · 1 like · 3,817 followersView post →
Researchers find four new bacterial strains isolated from the International Space Station belonging to the Methylobacteriaceae family. One of the strains was isolated from a HEPA filter!
https://t.co/WExgMPbEbC
Mar 18, 2021 · 2 likes · 2,020 followersView post →
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ryo694
@ryo694 · X
RT @FrontMicrobiol: New Research: Methylobacterium ajmalii sp. nov., Isolated From the International Space Station https://t.co/l2735193lW…
Mar 18, 2021 · 4 shares · 1,389 followersView post →
RT @FrontiersIn: Three novel strains of bacteria have been discovered aboard the @Space_Station. They might be useful in helping future spa…
Mar 17, 2021 · 48 shares · 162 followersView post →
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Aslamfirras
@aslamfirras · X
Cool read on discovery of new microbes from the ISS. Following WGS and taxonomy to classify and welcome new microbes in the list. #BS3017
Methylobacterium ajmalii sp. nov., Isolated From the International Space Station https://t.co/WnUrTgBn2o
RT @FrontiersIn: Three novel strains of bacteria have been discovered aboard the @Space_Station. They might be useful in helping future spa…
Mar 17, 2021 · 48 shares · 302 followersView post →
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matiere*
@matiere · X
(2021/03/15) Three bacterial strains discovered on space station may help grow plants on Mars | EurekAlert! Science News https://t.co/8GDQdrjC1S
Methylobacterium ajmalii sp. nov., Isolated From the International Space Station
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