Table 3 Location-wise persistent microbial taxa of the ISS environmental surfaces
Microbial taxa | Domain | Flight 1 | Flight 2 | Flight 3 | Location | BSL level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acinetobacter baumannii | Bacteria | 1340 | 1279 | 1039 | 5 | 2 |
Enterobacter cloacae | Bacteria | 4774 | 4937 | 5876 | 5 | 2 |
Escherichia coli | Bacteria | 11,300 | 10,766 | 17,905 | 5 | 1 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | Bacteria | 6476 | 6856 | 23,873 | 5 | 2 |
Pantoea agglomerans | Bacteria | 28,842 | 30,016 | 10,467 | 5 | 1 |
Pantoea ananatis | Bacteria | 34,829 | 39,399 | 41,268 | 5 | 1 |
Pantoea conspicua | Bacteria | 571,313 | 568,170 | 6544 | 5 | 1 |
Pantoea dispersa | Bacteria | 1053 | 1220 | 3718 | 5 | 1 |
Pantoea sp. 3.5.1 | Bacteria | 48,025 | 51,212 | 927 | 5 | 1 |
Pantoea sp. AS-PWVM4 | Bacteria | 944 | 1031 | 1973 | 5 | 1 |
Pantoea sp. At-9b | Bacteria | 1027 | 1072 | 4879 | 5 | 1 |
Pantoea sp. OV426 | Bacteria | 6174 | 6797 | 1475 | 5 | 1 |
Pantoea sp. OXWO6B1 | Bacteria | 1336 | 1400 | 13,885 | 5 | 1 |
Pantoea stewartii | Bacteria | 1402 | 1388 | 3807 | 5 | 1 |
Pantoea vagans | Bacteria | 8073 | 8819 | 48,922 | 5 | 1 |
Salmonella enterica | Bacteria | 3399 | 3634 | 11,539 | 5 | 2 |
Shigella sonnei | Bacteria | 1537 | 1738 | 1793 | 5 | 2 |
Staphylococcus saprophyticus | Bacteria | 1181 | 60,572 | 1487 | 7 | 1 |
Aspergillus niger | Fungi | 62,208 | 1428 | 7522 | 1 | 1 |
Penicillium camemberti | Fungi | 5609 | 19,577 | 3341 | 3 | 1 |
Penicillium chrysogenum | Fungi | 22,685 | 65,566 | 2119 | 3 | 1 |
Penicillium nordicum | Fungi | 6330 | 20,672 | 878 | 3 | 1 |
Penicillium rubens | Fungi | 4341 | 384,342 | 212,282 | 2 | 1 |
Penicillium rubens | Fungi | 185,166 | 529,688 | 17,693 | 3 | 1 |
Penicillium rubens | Fungi | 192,495 | 11,834 | 1513 | 8 | 1 |
Rhodotorula sp. JG-1b | Fungi | 7613 | 77,458 | 400,490 | 2 | 1 |