''Sporosarcina luteola'' is a

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-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Sporosarcina ''Sporosarcina'' is a genus of bacteria. Specification The cells of the species of ''Sporosarcina'' are either rod-shaped or coccoid. ''Sporosarcina'' forms endospores. The majority species of ''Sporosarcina'' is moveable (motile). Metaboli ...

'' which has been isolated from equipment used for

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production in

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Bacillales Bacteria described in 2009 {{Gammaproteobacteria-stub