- Bacillus safensis
Taxobox | name = "Bacillus safensis"
regnum =Bacteria
divisio =Firmicutes
classis =Bacilli
ordo =Bacillales
familia =Bacillaceae
genus = "Bacillus "
species = "B. safensis"
binomial = "Bacillus safensis""Bacillus safensis" is a
bacterium , highly resistant to gamma andUV radiation , that has raised some concerns over a possibility of having been brought to the planetMars with the two space probes Spirit and Opportunity in2004 .The bacterium is named after the
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ’s Spacecraft Assembly Facility (SAF) where it was first discovered.External links
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1697332,00.html Story in The Sunday Times]
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