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🗓️ 5 October 2017
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0:00.0 | Understanding the human body is a team effort. That's where the Yachtel group comes in. |
0:05.8 | Researchers at Yachtolt have been delving into the secrets of probiotics for 90 years. |
0:11.0 | Yacold also partners with nature portfolio to advance gut microbiome science through the global grants for gut health, an investigator-led research program. |
0:19.6 | To learn more about Yachtolt, visit yacolp.co. |
0:22.7 | .jp. That's Y-A-K-U-L-T.C-O.jp. When it comes to a guide for your gut, count on Yacolt. |
0:33.5 | This is Scientific American's 60-second science. I'm Christopher in Taliatta. |
0:39.0 | A humid bathroom is the perfect habitat for mold, but there are ways to avoid it. |
0:44.5 | We can't just open the window and let some fresh air in. |
0:48.0 | Not so easy on a space station, though, as astrobiologist Petra Schwender of the University of Edinburgh explains. |
0:58.0 | It has been seen on that international Space Station or on the mere that these microorganisms can accumulate. |
1:01.0 | I've seen pictures where you could see this corrosion caused by bacteria |
1:06.0 | or basically an accumulation of fungus behind wet towers. |
1:11.6 | So as we set our sights on Mars, what might grow in the spacecraft, essentially a human-scale |
1:17.4 | petri dish during the year and a half long flight? |
1:21.0 | The Mars 500 habitat in Moscow simulated that trip, with six crew members confined inside. |
1:27.1 | And Schwendor and her team tested microbial |
1:29.0 | samples of the habitat over time. They found what you might expect, a lot of human-related |
1:34.3 | bacteria and fungi, mostly at levels deemed safe for life and space. But they also noticed a decline |
1:40.4 | in microbial diversity over time, which could indicate a less than healthy microbial |
1:45.0 | community that's potentially more prone to takeover by hostile bacteria. |
1:49.3 | Seeing this decrease basically is for us an important point or proof that continuous monitoring |
1:55.1 | is an important fact and is really required to basically maintain or being able to maintain a healthy environment. |
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