Master defense: Eftychia Symeonidou

Title: Life in Extreme Environments: Testing Deinococcus radiodurans in Mars-simulating extremities

Abstract:
The environmental conditions prevailing on the surface of Mars make it an extremely hostile habitat for the majority of terrestrial organisms. Two particularly important adversities are the low temperatures on the planet’s surface and the presence of perchlorate salts. In the present work we tried to study and assess the influence of the above factors on the extremophile bacterium species Deinococcus radiodurans which survives under extreme radiation quantities. The bacteria were tested under different combinations of temperature and perchlorate salts to assess their ability to remain active by measuring the production of CO2 produced from their metabolism.

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