''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 Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy. Definitions Motility, the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy, can be contrasted with sessility, the state of organisms ...

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 ceram ...

which has been isolated from biological soil crusts in the

Colorado Plateau The Colorado Plateau, also known as the Colorado Plateau Province, is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. This province covers an area ...

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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Type strain of ''Sphingomonas desiccabilis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
desiccabilis Bacteria described in 2007 {{Sphingomonadales-stub

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