| Cross Index | Sporosarcina |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria Endospore-Forming Gram-Positive Rods and Cocci |
| Compare | Amphibacillus
xylans, Bacillus,
Clostridium,
Desulfotomaculum,
Oscillospira
guilliermondii, Sporohalobacter,
Sporolactobacillus
insulinus, Sporosarcina,
Sulfidobacillus
thermosulfooxidans, Syntrophospora bryantii
Other Spore Formers Pasteuria Thermoactinomyces, Sporomusa, Sarcina Sporichthya polymorpha "Sporospirillum" Sporocytophaga myxococcoides |
| Contrast | Archaea |
| Subset |
| Morphology | Sporosarcina |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram positive |
| Morphology | cocci in tetrads or packets |
| Motility | tumbling motility, |
| Specialized structures | produce endospores |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Sporosarcina |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | |
| Oxygen | strict aerobes |
| pH | |
| Temperature | |
| Requirements | |
| Products | No acid is formed from glucose |
| Enzymes | catalase and oxidase positive |
| Unique features |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | S. ureae is widely found in garden soils especially urban soils associated with dogs such as the base of trees where dogs have urinated. S. halophilia has been isolated exclusively from salt marsh soils |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Sporosarcina |
| G+C Mol % |
| Reference | Sporosarcina |
| First citation | Kluyver , A.J. and C.B. van Niel (1936) Prospects for a natural classification of bacteria. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. II 94:369-403 |
| The Prokaryotes | P |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1202 D. Claus and F. Fahmy |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 561 |
| References |