iss068e013749

GMT281_13_03_For Huntsville_Bob Hines_1055_Rhodium Inserts

iss068e013749 (10/8/2022) --- A view of the Rhodium Space Microbiome Isolates sample aboard the International space Station (ISS). Characterization of Targeted Space Gut Microbiome Isolates to Advance Astronaut Gut-On-A-Chip Platform Development (Rhodium Space Microbiome Isolates) characterizes individual bacterial species from the human gut microbiome that change during spaceflight. Research shows a connection between alterations in the gut microbiome and multiple chronic and acute diseases.