- Source: Sphingomonas desiccabilis
Sphingomonas desiccabilis is a Gram-negative and non-motile bacterium from the genus of Sphingomonas which has been isolated from biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau in the United States. It has been sent on the International Space Station in 2019 and 2020 for the BioRock and BioAsteroid experiments, respectively.
References
Further reading
Reddy, GS; Garcia-Pichel, F (May 2007). "Sphingomonas mucosissima sp. nov. and Sphingomonas desiccabilis sp. nov., from biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau, USA". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (Pt 5): 1028–34. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64331-0. PMID 17473253.
Jochen, Bundschuh; Hartmut M., Holländer; Lena Qiying, Ma (2014). In-Situ Remediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Sites. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-203-12017-0.
De Vos, Paul; et al., eds. (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-68489-5.
External links
Type strain of Sphingomonas desiccabilis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase