''Sphingomonas desiccabilis'' is a
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wa ...
and
non-motile bacterium from the genus of
Sphingomonas
''Sphingomonas'' was defined in 1990 as a group of Gram-negative, rod-shaped, chemoheterotrophic, strictly aerobic bacteria. They possess ubiquinone 10 as their major respiratory quinone, contain glycosphingolipids (GSLs), specifically ceramide ...
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.][ ]
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External links
Type strain of ''Sphingomonas desiccabilis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
desiccabilis
Bacteria described in 2007
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