Sphingomonas desiccabilis
Species of bacterium
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Sphingomonas desiccabilis is a Gram-negative and non-motile bacterium from the genus Sphingomonas which has been isolated from biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau in the United States.[1][3][4][5] It has been sent on the International Space Station in 2019 and 2020 for the BioRock and BioAsteroid experiments, respectively.[6][7]
| Sphingomonas desiccabilis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Sphingomonadales |
| Family: | Sphingomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Sphingomonas |
| Species: | S. desiccabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphingomonas desiccabilis Reddy and Garcia-Pichel 2007[1] | |
| Type strain[2] | |
| ATCC BAA-1041, CIP 110412, CP1D, DSM 16792 | |