title: Microbial and higher plant biomass selection for closed ecological systems.
abstract: A selection of higher plants and microbial strains is presented with its rationale in order to progressively regenerate food from waste in future space and planetary missions.
authors.affiliation: European Space Research and Technology Centre, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tamponnet
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Binot
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria; D018533:Biomass; D001709:Biotechnology; D000458:Cyanobacteria; D018504:Ecological Systems, Closed; D056890:Eukaryota; D005523:Food Supply; D005524:Food Technology; D006801:Humans; D008021:Life Support Systems; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009753:Nutritive Value; D010945:Plants, Edible; D013026:Space Flight; D015003:Yeasts