Sphingomonas desiccabilis | |
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Sphingomonas desiccabilis Reddy and Garcia-Pichel 2007 [1] | |
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ATCC BAA-1041, CIP 110412, CP1D, DSM 16792 [2] |
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. [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]