''Sporosarcina globispora'', formerly known as ''Bacillus globisporus'', is a

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. Gram-positive bact ...

aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity * Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise * Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cel ...

, round spore-forming

bacillus ''Bacillus'' (Latin "stick") is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a member of the phylum '' Bacillota'', with 266 named species. The term is also used to describe the shape (rod) of other so-shaped bacteria; and the plural ''Bacill ...

. Strains of this species were originally described in 1967 and were found to be fairly similar to the species ''Bacillus pantothenticus''. The species was later reassigned to the genus '' Sporosarcina'' along with the species ''Bacillus psychrophilus'' and ''

Bacillus pasteurii ''Sporosarcina pasteurii'' formerly known as ''Bacillus pasteurii'' from older taxonomies, is a gram positive bacterium with the ability to precipitate calcite and solidify sand given a calcium source and urea; through the process of microbio ...

''.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Sporosarcina globispora'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacillales {{bacilli-stub