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Taxonomy
Morphology
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Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Bacteria => Firmicutes => Bacilli => Bacillales => Planococcaceae => Sporosarcina => Sporosarcina globispora (Larkin and Stokes
1967) Yoon et al. 2001. Old synonym: Bacillus globisporus Larkin and Stokes (1967)
1967) Yoon et al. 2001. Old synonym: Bacillus globisporus Larkin and Stokes (1967)
Gram positive rods, 0.8-1.0 / 1.3-5.0 μm, motility variable.
Spherical, subterminal or terminal spore, swelling the sporangium.
Spherical, subterminal or terminal spore, swelling the sporangium.
Growth temperature from 0-3 ºC to 25-30 ºC.
No growth in anaerobic agar, in 5% NaCl, in 10% NaCl or 5.7 pH.
No growth in anaerobic agar, in 5% NaCl, in 10% NaCl or 5.7 pH.
Isolated from soil & river water.
Unknown (none).
- Gordon R.E., Haynes W.C., Pang C.H. (1973) – The genus Bacillus . Agriculture Handbook No. 427, U.S.D.A., Washington D.C.
- Buchanan R.E., Gibbons N.E., Cowan S.T., Holt J.G., Liston J., Murray R.G.E., Niven C.F., Ravin A.W., Stanier R.W. ( 1974) –
Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Eight Edition, The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore. - Yoon J.H., Lee K.C., Weiss N., Kho Y.H., Kang K.H. & Park Y.H.: Sporosarcina aquimarina sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from
seawater in Korea, and transfer of Bacillus globisporus (Larkin and Stokes 1967), Bacillus psychrophilus (Nakamura 1984)
and Bacillus pasteurii (Chester 1898) to the genus Sporosarcina as Sporosarcina globispora comb. nov., Sporosarcina
psychrophila comb. nov. and Sporosarcina pasteurii comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Sporosarcina. Int. J.
Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1079-1086.
Positive for catalase, deamination of phenylalanine, acid production from glucose.
Reduction of nitrate to nitrite, casein & starch hydrolysis - variable.
Negative results for decomposition of tyrosine, Voges-Proskauer, resistance to
lysozyme, citrate utilization, indole, acid production from mannitol, arabinose & xylose.
Reduction of nitrate to nitrite, casein & starch hydrolysis - variable.
Negative results for decomposition of tyrosine, Voges-Proskauer, resistance to
lysozyme, citrate utilization, indole, acid production from mannitol, arabinose & xylose.
(c) Costin Stoica
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