| Sporosarcina pasteurii |
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Caryophanales, Family Caryophanaceae, Genus Sporosarcina, Sporosarcina
pasteurii Yoon et al.2001 (Miquel 1889).
Historical synonyms: Bacillus pasteurii (Miquel) Chester 1898, Urobacillus pasteurii Miquel 1889, Bacillus probates Vihoever 1913.
pasteurii Yoon et al.2001 (Miquel 1889).
Historical synonyms: Bacillus pasteurii (Miquel) Chester 1898, Urobacillus pasteurii Miquel 1889, Bacillus probates Vihoever 1913.
Cells' size is 1.3-4.0 x 0.5-1.2 µm. Gram-positive but easily decolorized, motile.
Spores are spherical or slightly oval, 0.8-1.3 µm in diameter, subterminal or terminal,
usually swelling the sporangium.
Spores are spherical or slightly oval, 0.8-1.3 µm in diameter, subterminal or terminal,
usually swelling the sporangium.
Colonies on agar not distinctive; circular or glossy; size and opacity vary on different
media. Liquid media is turbid; slimy deposit. Maximum temperature, 30-45 ºC;
minimum temperature, 5-15 ºC. Aerobic. Alkaline media (optimum pH 9) containing
NH3 (optimum 1% NH4Cl) are required. A defined medium contains casein hydrolysate
at pH 9, ammonia, thiamine, biotin and nicotinic acid.
media. Liquid media is turbid; slimy deposit. Maximum temperature, 30-45 ºC;
minimum temperature, 5-15 ºC. Aerobic. Alkaline media (optimum pH 9) containing
NH3 (optimum 1% NH4Cl) are required. A defined medium contains casein hydrolysate
at pH 9, ammonia, thiamine, biotin and nicotinic acid.
Isolated from soil, water, sewage and incrustations on urinals.
None.
- 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. - Bîlbîie V., Pozsgi N., 1985, Bacteriologie Medicală, vol.ll, Ed. Medicală, Bucureşti.
- Logan N.A. 2005.Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and other aerobic endospore-forming bacteria.In: Boriello S.P., Murray P.R.,
Funke G. (Editors), Topley & Wilson’s Microbiology & Microbial Infections. Bacteriology, vol.2, pag.922-952. - 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 results for Voges-Proskauer test.
Negative results for indole production, starch hydrolysis, acid production from: arabinose, glucose (weak), mannitol and xylose.
Variable results for decomposition of casein, resistance to lysozyme, gelatin liquefaction and reduction of nitrate to nitrite.
Negative results for indole production, starch hydrolysis, acid production from: arabinose, glucose (weak), mannitol and xylose.
Variable results for decomposition of casein, resistance to lysozyme, gelatin liquefaction and reduction of nitrate to nitrite.
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