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Velislava Ilieva1, Bruce Steel2, Jennifer Pratscher2
1Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Biology Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Characterizing the microbiome of spacecraft assembly cleanrooms is important for planetary protection. We report two bacterial metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) reconstructed from metagenomes produced from cleanroom samples from the Kennedy Space Center's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (KSC-PHSF) during the handling of the Phoenix spacecraft. Characterization of these MAGs will enable identification of the strategies underpinning their survival.
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