| Sporosarcina globispora |
Taxonomy
Morphology
Growth conditions
Biochemical characters
Ecology
Pathogenicity
References
Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Caryophanales, Family Planococcaceae, Genus Sporosarcina, Sporosarcina
globispora (Larkin and Stokes 1967) Yoon et al. 2001. Old synonym: Bacillus globisporus Larkin and Stokes (1967).
globispora (Larkin and Stokes 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 and river water. Not resistant to lysozyme.
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. - Ruger HJ, Richter G. Bacillus globisporus subsp. marinus subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:
196-203.
Positive resulta for catalase, deamination of phenylalanine, urease, acid production
from glucose.
Negative results for citrate utilization, indole production, decomposition of tyrosine, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from:
arabinose, mannitol.
Variable results for reduction of nitrate to nitrite, caseinase, starch hydrolysis, acid production from: lactose and xylose.
from glucose.
Negative results for citrate utilization, indole production, decomposition of tyrosine, Voges-Proskauer test, acid production from:
arabinose, mannitol.
Variable results for reduction of nitrate to nitrite, caseinase, starch hydrolysis, acid production from: lactose and xylose.
(c) Costin Stoica
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