通过创建一个月球生物库来保护地球的生物多样性。

Safeguarding Earth's biodiversity by creating a lunar biorepository.

作者信息

Hagedorn Mary, Parenti Lynne R, Craddock Robert A, Comizzoli Pierre, Mabee Paula, Meinke Bonnie, Wolf Susan M, Bischof John C, Sandlin Rebecca D, Tessier Shannon N, Toner Mehmet

机构信息

Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, United States of America.

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, HI, United States of America.

出版信息

Bioscience. 2024 Jul 31;74(8):561-566. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biae058. eCollection 2024 Aug.

Abstract

Earth's biodiversity is increasingly threatened and at risk. We propose a passive lunar biorepository for long-term storage of prioritized taxa of live cryopreserved samples to safeguard Earth's biodiversity and to support future space exploration and planet terraforming. Our initial focus will be on cryopreserving animal skin samples with fibroblast cells. An exemplar system has been developed using cryopreserved fish fins from the Starry Goby, . Samples will be expanded into fibroblast cells, recryopreserved, and then tested in an Earth-based laboratory for robust packaging and sensitivity to radiation. Two key factors for this biorepository are the needs to reduce damage from radiation and to maintain the samples near -196° Celsius. Certain lunar sites near the poles may meet these criteria. If possible, further testing would occur on the International Space Station prior to storage on the Moon. To secure a positive shared future, this is an open call to participate in this decades-long program.

摘要

地球的生物多样性正日益受到威胁并处于危险之中。我们提议建立一个被动式月球生物储存库,用于长期储存经过优先排序的活体冷冻保存样本的分类单元,以保护地球的生物多样性,并支持未来的太空探索和行星改造。我们最初的重点将是冷冻保存带有成纤维细胞的动物皮肤样本。已经开发了一个示例系统,使用来自星点虾虎鱼的冷冻保存鱼鳍。样本将被扩展成成纤维细胞,重新冷冻保存,然后在地球实验室进行测试,以检验其坚固包装和对辐射的敏感性。这个生物储存库的两个关键因素是减少辐射损伤以及将样本保持在接近零下196摄氏度的温度。月球两极附近的某些地点可能符合这些标准。如果可能的话,在存储到月球之前,将在国际空间站上进行进一步测试。为确保积极的共同未来,这是一个公开呼吁,邀请大家参与这个长达数十年的项目。

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