Independent by Andrew Griffin 1/9/2019
'It looks like bacteria are adapting to live'Microbes stuck in the International Space Station are adapting to survive in the harsh environment of space, scientists say.
A new study sheds light on how the bacteria floating above Earth is changing as a result of its difficult environment.
And it found it is not mutating into especially dangerous or antibiotic-resistant superbugs that humans could not kill. Instead, it is just changing to deal with the difficulties of floating above Earth, they said.
That could be helpful because of the scientists who could have to spend years in space with the bacteria as they fly deep into space on future missions to Mars and maybe beyond.
More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/space-bacteria-earth-alien-mutating-survive-disease-international-station-a8717976.html
