Sporosarcina aquimarina (DSM 14554, JCM 10887, KCCM 41039)

Name: Sporosarcina aquimarina (DSM 14554, JCM 10887, KCCM 41039)
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BacDive ID 11994

Type strain

Strain Designation SW28

Culture col. no. DSM 14554 JCM 10887 KCCM 41039 CCUG 56481 KCTC 3840 4 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 114975

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP

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Sporosarcina aquimarina SW28 is an aerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from seawater.

spore-forming motile rod-shaped aerobe mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 100965

DSM 14554,JCM 10887,ATCC BAA-723,CIP 107478,KCTC 3840,CGMCC 1.3644,LMG 24389

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:49:44

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Caryophanaceae

Genus Sporosarcina

Species Sporosarcina aquimarina

Full scientific name Sporosarcina aquimarina Yoon et al. 2001

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Cell shape	Flagellum arrangement
67771	rod-shaped	monotrichous, polar
67771
116454	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
5295	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water
32867	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
116454	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
5295	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
32867	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67771	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
116454	positive	growth	10-37
116454	negative	growth	45
116454	negative	growth	55

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
116454	positive	growth	6

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
67771	aerobe
116454	obligate aerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Type of spore	Spore formation
67771	endospore

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
116454	NaCl	positive	growth	2-10 %
116454	NaCl		growth	0 %

Observation

@ref	Observation
67770	quinones: MK-7
67771	quinones: MK-7

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68371	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116454	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
68371	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16988 ChEBI	D-ribose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116454	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
68371	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116454	606565 ChEBI	hippurate	-	hydrolysis
68371	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17266 ChEBI	L-sorbose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
116454	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
116454	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	respiration
116454	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction
68371		Potassium 2-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371		Potassium 5-ketogluconate	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17814 ChEBI	salicin	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid
68371	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	-	builds acid from	from API 50CH acid

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
116454	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
116454	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-
116454	17234 ChEBI	glucose

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
116454	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
116454	amylase	-
116454	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
116454	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
116454	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
116454	DNase	+
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	-		from API zym
116454	gamma-glutamyltransferase	-	2.3.2.2
116454	gelatinase	+/-
116454	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
116454	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
116454	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	-		from API zym
116454	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
116454	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
116454	tween esterase	-
116454	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
116454	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API 50CHac

@ref	ControlQ	GLY	ERY	DARA	LARA	RIB	DXYL	LXYL	ADO	MDX	GAL	GLU	FRU	MNE	SBE	RHA	DUL	INO	MAN	SOR	MDM	MDG	NAG	AMY	ARB	ESC	SAL	CEL	MAL	LAC	MEL	SAC	TRE	INU	MLZ	RAF	AMD	GLYG	XLT	GEN	TUR	LYX	TAG	DFUC	LFUC	DARL	LARL	GNT	2KG	5KG
116454	not determinedn.d.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+/-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Marine

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5295	seawater	Korea	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia
60982	Seawater		Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia
67770	Seawater		Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia
67771	From Seawater in Korea		Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia
116454	Environment, Sea water		Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
5295	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116454	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
5295	Bacillus aquamarinus 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF202056	1508		114975

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)
5295	40
67770	40
67771	40.0

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Characterisation of CaCO₃ phases during strain-specific ureolytic precipitation.	Clara Saracho A, Haigh SK, Hata T, Soga K, Farsang S, Redfern SAT, Marek E.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-020-66831-y	2020
Sporosarcina jeotgali sp. nov., Sporosarcina oncorhynchi sp. nov., and Sporosarcina trichiuri sp. nov., Isolated from Jeotgal, a Traditional Korean Fermented Seafood.	Yang AI, Kim B, Joe SH, Joe HI, Choe H, Kim KH, Jun MO, Shin NR.	J Microbiol	10.1007/s12275-024-00106-3	2024
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.	Yoon JH, Lee KC, Weiss N, Kho YH, Kang KH, Park YH	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-51-3-1079	2001

References

#5295	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 14554
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#32867	; Curators of the CIP;
#60982	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 56481
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#67771	Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;
#68371	Automatically annotated from API 50CH acid .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#116454	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 107478
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Sporosarcina aquimarina (DSM 14554, JCM 10887, KCCM 41039)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Culture pH

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Halophily

Observation

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 50CHac

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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