Microbes may help astronauts transform human waste into food. Study shows it is possible to rapidly break down solid and liquid waste to grow food with a series of microbial reactors, while simultaneously minimizing pathogen growth.

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Microbes may help astronauts transform human waste into food. Study shows it is possible to rapidly break down solid and liquid waste to grow food with a series of microbial reactors, while simultaneously minimizing pathogen growth.