Sphingomonas desiccabilis explained

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] [2] [3]} It has been sent on the International Space Station in 2019 and 2020 for the BioRock and BioAsteroid experiments, respectively.^{[4] [5]}

Further reading

• Reddy. GS. Garcia-Pichel. F. 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. May 2007. 57. Pt 5. 1028–34. 10.1099/ijs.0.64331-0. 17473253. free.
• Book: Jochen. Bundschuh. Hartmut M.. Holländer. Lena Qiying. Ma. In-Situ Remediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Sites. 2014. CRC Press. 978-0-203-12017-0.
• Book: Paul . De Vos . etal. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology.. 2009. Springer. Dordrecht. 978-0-387-68489-5. 2nd.

External links

• Type strain of Sphingomonas desiccabilis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. [Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen]
2. Reddy. GS. Garcia-Pichel. F. 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. May 2007. 57. Pt 5. 1028–34. 10.1099/ijs.0.64331-0. 17473253. free.
3. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/429134 UniProt
4. Santomartino R, Waajen AC, de Wit W, Nicholson N, Parmitano L, Loudon CM . etal. No Effect of Microgravity and Simulated Mars Gravity on Final Bacterial Cell Concentrations on the International Space Station: Applications to Space Bioproduction. . Front Microbiol. 2020. 11 . 579156 . 33154740 . 10.3389/fmicb.2020.579156 . 7591705. free.
5. Cockell CS, Santomartino R, Finster K, Waajen AC, Eades LJ, Moeller R . etal. Space station biomining experiment demonstrates rare earth element extraction in microgravity and Mars gravity. . Nat Commun . 2020 . 11 . 1 . 5523 . 33173035 . 10.1038/s41467-020-19276-w . 7656455. 2020NatCo..11.5523C.