Myron T La Duc
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A viability-linked metagenomic analysis of cleanroom environments: eukarya, prokaryotes, and viruses
Weinmaier T, Probst A, La Duc M, Ciobanu D, Cheng J, Ivanova N, et al.
Microbiome
. 2015 Dec;
3:62.
PMID: 26642878
Background: Recent studies posit a reciprocal dependency between the microbiomes associated with humans and indoor environments. However, none of these metagenome surveys has considered the viability of constituent microorganisms when...
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Venkateswaran K, La Duc M, Horneck G
Microbes Environ
. 2014 Aug;
29(3):243-9.
PMID: 25130881
The National Research Council (NRC) has recently recognized the International Space Station (ISS) as uniquely suitable for furthering the study of microbial species in closed habitats. Answering the NRC's call...
3.
Benardini 3rd J, La Duc M, Ballou D, Koukol R
Astrobiology
. 2014 Jan;
14(1):33-41.
PMID: 24432777
On November 26, 2011, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket, taking its first step toward exploring the...
4.
Benardini 3rd J, La Duc M, Beaudet R, Koukol R
Astrobiology
. 2014 Jan;
14(1):27-32.
PMID: 24432776
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), comprising a cruise stage; an aeroshell; an entry, descent, and landing system; and the radioisotope thermoelectric generator-powered Curiosity rover, made history with its unprecedented sky...
5.
La Duc M, Venkateswaran K, Conley C
Astrobiology
. 2014 Jan;
14(1):15-23.
PMID: 24432775
Terrestrial organisms or other contaminants that are transported to Mars could interfere with efforts to study the potential for indigenous martian life. Similarly, contaminants that make the round-trip to Mars...
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Mohapatra B, La Duc M
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
. 2013 Aug;
97(18):7963-75.
PMID: 23912118
Due to their contribution to gastrointestinal and pulmonary disease, their ability to produce various deadly exotoxins, and their resistance to extreme temperature, pressure, radiation, and common chemical disinfecting agents, bacterial...
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Vaishampayan P, Probst A, La Duc M, Bargoma E, Benardini J, Andersen G, et al.
ISME J
. 2012 Oct;
7(2):312-24.
PMID: 23051695
The advent of phylogenetic DNA microarrays and high-throughput pyrosequencing technologies has dramatically increased the resolution and accuracy of detection of distinct microbial lineages in mixed microbial assemblages. Despite an expanding...
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La Duc M, Vaishampayan P, Nilsson H, Torok T, Venkateswaran K
Appl Environ Microbiol
. 2012 Jun;
78(16):5912-22.
PMID: 22729532
Spacecraft hardware and assembly cleanroom surfaces (233 m(2) in total) were sampled, total genomic DNA was extracted, hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA gene (bacteria and archaea) and ribosomal internal...
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Mohapatra B, La Duc M
J Microbiol Methods
. 2012 Apr;
90(1):15-9.
PMID: 22537819
The survival of Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 spores to standard industrial clean room sterilization practices necessitates the development of rapid molecular diagnostic tool(s) for detection and enumeration of viable bacterial spores...
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Mohapatra B, La Duc M
Microbiol Immunol
. 2011 Dec;
56(1):40-7.
PMID: 22145981
Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 spores originally isolated from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory spacecraft assembly facility clean room are extremely resistant to UV radiation, H(2)O(2), desiccation, chemical disinfection and starvation compared to...