iss023e029676 (5/2/2010) Cosmonaut Oleg Kotov is photographed with a Bioecology container, containing the BTKh-41/BACTERIOFAG (Bacteriophage) experiment hardware in the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2)aboard the International Space station (ISS). The Study of the Effects of Spaceflight Factors on Bacterophages (Bakteriofag) investigation examines the therapeutic, diagnostic, and genetic properties of bacteriophages to discover possible changes in the physical, chemical, morphological, and genetic properties of therapeutic and diagnostic bacteriophages exposed to microgravity.
Date May 2, 2010