APOLLO MEED MYCOLOGY REVISITED AND REVIEWED, INCLUDING THE TRICHOPHYTON-TERRESTRE KERATINOPHILIC GROWTH AT SPLASHDOWN AND 23 YEARS AFTER EXPOSURE TO SPACE PARAMETERS

Keratinophilic Trichophyton terrestre conidia were exposed to selected parameters of space flight including 254, 280 and 300 nm UV light, fu ll light and total darkness of space. Phenotypic isolates were grown o n human hair collected from one source at years 1 and 23 after splashd own. The patterns of fungal growth on the hair, and the hair deteriora tion rates, were noted according to the space exposure. Growth and det erioration were consistent but slightly reduced at year 23.