Tersicoccus phoenicis: Difference between revisions

'''''Tersicoccus phoenicis''''' is a member of the [[bacteria]]lbacterial family [[Micrococcaceae]]. It has only been found in two [[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 bacteria were first discovered.<ref name="NASA-20131106"/>

''T.Tersicoccus phoenicis'' are only known to exist at two locations on Earth, and were independently found in geographically separated clean room facilities nearly {{convert|2500|mi|km|disp=flip|abbr=on}} apart.<ref name="NASA-20131106" /><ref name="NIH-201307" /> One example was located during a 2007 microbial test swabbing of the [[Phoenix (spacecraft)|''Phoenix'' lander]]{{'s}} clean room floor in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at [[Kennedy Space Center]] ([[Florida]], United States),<ref name="NASA-20131106" /><ref name="dsmz30849" /> while the other was found in the [[Herschel Space Observatory]]'s clean room at [[Guiana Space Centre]] ([[Kourou]], French Guiana).<ref name="dsmz30842" />

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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 |accessdateaccess-date=November 6, 2013}}</ref>

<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=5 |volume=63 |issue=Pt 7 |pages=2463-24712463–2471 |date=July 2013 |pmid=23223813 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.047134-0}}</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 |accessdateaccess-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="dsmz30842">{{cite web |url=http://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-30842.html |title=Details: DSM-30842 |publisher=Leibniz Institut DSMZ |accessdateaccess-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="techbrief20120601">{{cite news |url=http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/13890 |title=Hardy Bacterium Isolated From Two Geographically Distinct Spacecraft Assembly Cleanroom Facilities |work=NASA Tech Briefs |first1=Parag |last1=Vaishampayan |first2=Kasthuri |last2=Venkateswaran |first3=Petra |last3=Schwendner |first4=Christine |last4=Moissl-Eichinger |date=June 1, 2012 |accessdateaccess-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref>

<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 |accessdateaccess-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="cnet20131107">{{cite news |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57611307-1/new-species-of-microbe-thrives-in-spacecraft-clean-rooms/ |title=New species of microbe thrives in spacecraft clean rooms |work=CNET.com |first=Amanda |last=Kooser |date=November 7, 2013 |accessdateaccess-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref>

<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 |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530025217/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-mars-rover-curiositt/ |archivedatearchive-date=May 30, 2014 |deadurlurl-status=nolive}}</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 |accessdateaccess-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 |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524003729/http://www.esf.edu/top10/08.htm |archivedatearchive-date=May 24, 2014 |deadurlurl-status=nolive}}</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 |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525173520/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140522-top-ten-new-species-2014-biodiversity/ |archivedatearchive-date=May 25, 2014 |deadurlurl-status=nodead}}</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 |worknewspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |first=Dick |last=Ahlstrom |date=May 22, 2014 |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525080616/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/tinkerbell-and-cuddly-bears-top-new-species-list-1.1804252 |archivedatearchive-date=May 25, 2014 |deadurlurl-status=nolive}}</ref>

* [httphttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=554083 ''T. phoenicis''] at the [[National Center for Biotechnology Information]]

* [httphttps://wwwbacdive.straininfodsmz.netde/taxa/382087index.php?site=search&rd=23112 ''T. phoenicis'' type strain] at StrainInfo.net[[BacDive|Bac''Dive'']]

[[Category:MicrococcineaeMicrococcaceae]]