Sporosarcina aquimarina

Bacteria
General | Carbohydrate O/F | Substrate utilisation | Enzymes | Metabolites | Antibiotics

Overview

  • Sporosarcina aquimarina is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, motile, rod-shaped bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. The DNA G+C content is 40%. Sporosarcina aquimarina is unlikely to be a gut coloniser. (Yoon2001b)



  • This organism has been recovered from seawater, Korea. The risk classification (www.baua.de) for this organism is 1, i.e., low risk of infection and spread. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. Likely to be transient and not a long-term gut commensal.
    • QUIRKS
  • Not likely to be a gut coloniser because this organism doesn't grow well at 37C.
    • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Yoon2001b);
    Character Response
  • Substrates hydrolysed or digested:
  • gelatin; urea;
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  • Salt tolerance:
  • tolerates 13% salt;
  • pH
  • Acidity tolerance:
  • Grows optimally at pH 6.5-7.0.
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  • Temperature tolerance:
  • grows at 4℃; grows at 37℃; Grows optimally at 25℃.
  • H+
  • Acid from carbohydrates usually produced:
  • fructose; ribose; D-tagatose; aesculin; glycerol; 5-ketogluconate; N-Ac glucosamine;
  • Active enzymes:
  • catalase; oxidase; urease;
    • SPECIAL FEATURES (Yoon2001b);
    Character Response
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  • Metabolites not produced:
  • indole;
  • ✓
  • NO3➔NO2:
  • reduced
  • Pigments:
  • light orange

    • Details

    GENERAL
    Lineage Physiology General Growth Tolerances Hydrol./digest./degr.
    Phylum:  Firmicutes Class:  Bacilli Order:  Bacillales Family:  Planococcaceae Genus:  Sporosarcina Gram stain:  + O2 Relation.:  facultatively anaerobic Spore:  Endospore Motility:  Swimming Morphology:  Rod Pigment:  light orange
    Health:  Unknown
    Source:  seawater, Korea
    DNA G+C(%):  40
    Opt. T:  25℃
    Low T(℃):  4(+)
    Mid T(℃):  37(+)
    NaCl >6%:  13(+)
    Opt. pH:  6.5-7.0
    		Aesculin:  neg Urea:  + Gelatin:  + Starch:  neg Casein:  neg Arginine:  neg Tyrosine:  w Tween:  80(neg)
    CARBOHYDRATE ACID FORMATION
    Monosaccharide O/F Oligosaccharide O/F Polysaccharide O/F Polyol O/F Other O/F
    D-Arabinose:  neg L-Arabinose:  neg Fructose:  + Fucose:  neg D-Fucose:  neg Galactose:  neg Glucose:  neg Mannose:  neg D-Lyxose:  neg Rhamnose:  neg Ribose:  + Sorbose:  neg D-Tagatose:  + Xylose:  neg L-Xylose:  neg Cellubiose:  neg Gentiobiose:  neg Lactose:  neg Maltose:  neg Melezitose:  neg Melibiose:  neg Sucrose:  neg Trehalose:  neg Turanose:  neg Amygdalin:  neg Aesculin:  + Glycogen:  neg Inulin:  neg Starch:  neg Adonitol:  neg D-Arabitol:  neg L-Arabitol:  neg Dulcitol:  neg Erythritol:  neg Glycerol:  + Inositol:  neg Mannitol:  neg Sorbitol:  neg Xylitol:  neg Arbutin:  neg Gluconate:  neg 2-Ketogluconate:  neg 5-Ketogluconate:  + Me-α-D-Glc:  neg Me-α-D-Mann:  neg Me-Xyloside:  neg NAc-α-GA:  + Salicin:  neg
    ENZYME ACTIVITY
    Enzymes: General Enzymes: Carbohydrate Enzymes: Protein Enzymes: Arylamidases Enzymes: Esters/fats
    Oxidase:  + Catalase:  + Urease:  +
    METABOLITES - PRODUCTION & USE
    Fuel Usable Metabolites Metabolites Released Special Products Compounds Produced

    		Indole:  neg Pigment:  light orange

    References

    SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR SPOROSARCINA AQUIMARINA
  • Yoon2001b - 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 th.
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    • GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR SPOROSARCINA AQUIMARINA
  • Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.
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    • Added: January 14, 2022