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.^[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]

Sphingomonas desiccabilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus:	Sphingomonas
Binomial name
Sphingomonas desiccabilis Reddy and Garcia-Pichel 2007[1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-1041, CIP 110412, CP1D, DSM 16792[2]