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{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}
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| name = ''Tersicoccus phoenicis''▼
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| type_strain = 1P05MA<ref name="LPSN">{{cite web | vauthors = Euzéby JP, Parte AC | url = https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/tersicoccus-phoenicis | title = ''Tersicoccus phoenicis'' | access-date = June 16, 2022 | publisher = [[List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature]] (LPSN)}}</ref><br>DSM 30849<br>NRRL B-59547
▲| binomial_authority = Vaishampayan, ''et al.'', 2013<ref name="NASA-20131106"/><ref name="NIH-201307"/>
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'''''Tersicoccus phoenicis''''' is a member of the [[bacteria]]l family [[Micrococcaceae]]. It has only been found in [[cleanroom|spacecraft assembly clean room facilities]] and is resistant to the methods normally used to clean such facilities. The species name is derived from ''tersi'', Latin for clean; ''coccus'', Greek for berry; and ''phoenicis'', from NASA's [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|''Phoenix'' lander]], the spacecraft being prepared when these bacterium were first discovered.<ref name="NASA-20131106"/>▼
▲'''''Tersicoccus phoenicis''''' is a member of the
== Occurrence ==
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Parag Vaishampayan, a microbiologist with NASA's [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], suggests that this species may exist naturally outside of the clean room environment but has not been seen before due to the difficulty in isolating a single microbe type
== Characteristics ==
These bacteria are non-[[spore]]-forming, [[aerobic organism|aerobic]], [[motility|non-motile]], and [[Gram-positive bacteria|Gram-positive]].<ref name="NIH-201307" /><ref name="techbrief20120601"/>
Two [[strain (biology)|strains]] of ''T. phoenicis'' are known to exist, one at each discovery site: ''1P05MA<sup>T</sup>'' at the American facility and ''KO_PS43'' at the French Guianan facility.<ref name="dsmz30849" /><ref name="dsmz30842" />
== Significance ==
Because species like ''T. phoenicis'' are hardy enough to survive the [[sterilization (microbiology)|sterilization]] measures used in spacecraft clean rooms, scientists study them and index their genetic material so that if a potential [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] bacterium were returned to Earth aboard a spacecraft, it could be compared to the index and ruled out as something that may have been originally launched with the spacecraft. Additionally, by examining the characteristics of resistant microbes such as ''T. phoenicis'', scientists may be able to develop improved sterilization methods.<ref name="NASA-20131106" /><ref name="techbrief20120601"/><ref name="cnet20131107" /> This is necessary to [[planetary protection|prevent the contamination]] of other celestial bodies by organisms aboard visiting spacecraft
== Recognition ==
On May 23, 2014, the [[International Institute for Species Exploration]] (IISE) declared the bacterium as one of its "Top 10 New Species of 2014", selected from species discovered in 2013, due to the unusual location of its discovery and resistance to sterilization.<ref name="esftop10"/><ref name="natgeo20140522"/><ref name="irish20140522"/>
== See also ==
* ''[[Bacillus safensis]]''
* [[Extremophile]]
* [[Interplanetary contamination]]
== References ==
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<ref name="NASA-20131106">{{cite news |url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-319 |title=Rare New Microbe Found in Two Distant Clean Rooms |work=[[NASA]].gov |first=Guy |last=Webster |date=November 6, 2013 |
<ref name="NIH-201307">{{cite journal |title=Description of ''Tersicoccus phoenicis'' gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from spacecraft assembly clean room environments |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |first1=Parag |last1=Vaishampayan |first2=Christine |last2=Moissl-Eichinger |first3=Rüdiger |last3=Pukall |first4=Peter |last4=Schumann |first5=Cathrin |last5=Spröer |first6=Angela |last6=Augustus |first7=Anne |last7=Hayden Roberts |first8=Greg |last8=Namba |first9=Jessica |last9=Cisneros |first10=Tina |last10=Salmassi |first11=Kasthuri |last11=Venkateswaran |display-authors=
<ref name="dsmz30849">{{cite web |url=http://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-30849.html |title=Details: DSM-30849 |publisher=Leibniz Institut DSMZ |
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<ref name="telegraph20131107">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10432816/New-life-found-in-Nasas-spacecraft-clean-rooms.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110060028/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10432816/New-life-found-in-Nasas-spacecraft-clean-rooms.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |title=New life found in Nasa's spacecraft clean rooms |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref>
▲<ref name="dsmz30849">{{cite web |url=http://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-30849.html |title=Details: DSM-30849 |publisher=Leibniz Institut DSMZ |accessdate=November 10, 2013}}</ref>
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<ref name="sciamer20111201">{{cite news |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-mars-rover-curiositt/ |title=NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Had Planetary Protection Slipup |work=[[Scientific American]] |first=Leonard |last=David |date=December 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530025217/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-mars-rover-curiositt/ |archive-date=May 30, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="NAT-20140519">{{cite journal |url=http://www.nature.com/news/microbial-stowaways-to-mars-identified-1.15249 |title=Microbial stowaways to Mars identified |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |first=Jyoti |last=Madhusoodanan |date=May 19, 2014 |access-date=May 23, 2014 |doi=10.1038/nature.2014.15249|s2cid=87409424 }}</ref>
<ref name="esftop10">{{cite web |url=http://www.esf.edu/top10/08.htm |title=Clean Room Microbes: Alien Invaders? |series=Top 10 New Species of 2014 |publisher=State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524003729/http://www.esf.edu/top10/08.htm |archive-date=May 24, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="natgeo20140522">{{cite news |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140522-top-ten-new-species-2014-biodiversity/ |title=Top 10 New Species of 2014 |work=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]] |first=Jennifer |last=Frazer |date=May 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525173520/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140522-top-ten-new-species-2014-biodiversity/ |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="irish20140522">{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/tinkerbell-and-cuddly-bears-top-new-species-list-1.1804252 |title=Tinkerbell and cuddly bears top new species list |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |first=Dick |last=Ahlstrom |date=May 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525080616/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/tinkerbell-and-cuddly-bears-top-new-species-list-1.1804252 |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=554083 ''T. phoenicis''] at the [[National Center for Biotechnology Information]]
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