Sporosarcina terrae (KACC 18822, MCCC 1K03174, LZ2)

Name: Sporosarcina terrae (KACC 18822, MCCC 1K03174, LZ2)
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BacDive ID 140528

Type strain

Strain Designation LZ2

Culture col. no. KACC 18822 MCCC 1K03174 LZ2

NCBI tax ID(s) 1803212

Special Collections Literature strains

Sporosarcina terrae LZ2 is an aerobe, spore-forming, mesophilic prokaryote that forms circular colonies and was isolated from sample of soil from orchard in Laizhou city, Shadong province, PR China.

spore-forming Gram-positive motile rod-shaped colony-forming aerobe mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

KACC 18822 MCCC 1K03174 LZ2

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Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:03:37

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Caryophanaceae

Genus Sporosarcina

Species Sporosarcina terrae

Full scientific name Sporosarcina terrae Sun et al. 2017

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell length	Cell width	Cell shape	Motility
43303	positive	2.0-3.5 µm	0.6-0.8 µm	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

@ref	Colony size	Colony color	Colony shape	Incubation period	Medium used
43303	1-2 mm	cream	circular	2 days	NH 4 -YE agar

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth
43303	Reasoner's 2A agar (R2A)
43303	Nutrient agar (NA)
43303	NH 4 -YE agar
43303	Trypticase soy agar (TSA)
43303	MacConkey agar

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
43303	positive	optimum	30-35	mesophilic
43303	positive	growth	10-44

Culture pH

@ref	Ability	Type	PH
43303	positive	optimum	9-10
43303	positive	growth	5-11

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

43303

Oxygen toleranceaerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore description	Type of spore	Spore formation
43303	oval spores	spore

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
43303	NaCl	positive	growth	0-7 %(w/v)

Observation

43303

Observationquinone MK-7

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
43303	16651 ChEBI	(S)-lactate	-	carbon source
43303	16808 ChEBI	2-dehydro-D-gluconate	+	builds acid from
43303	64552 ChEBI	2-hydroxybutyrate	-	carbon source
43303	16763 ChEBI	2-oxobutanoate	-	carbon source
43303	30916 ChEBI	2-oxoglutarate	+	carbon source
43303	37054 ChEBI	3-hydroxybutyrate	-	carbon source
43303	73918 ChEBI	3-O-methyl-D-glucose	-	carbon source
43303	58143 ChEBI	5-dehydro-D-gluconate	-	builds acid from
43303	30089 ChEBI	acetate	+	carbon source
43303	13705 ChEBI	acetoacetate	+	carbon source
43303	27613 ChEBI	amygdalin	+	builds acid from
43303	18305 ChEBI	arbutin	+	builds acid from
43303	73706 ChEBI	bromosuccinate	-	carbon source
43303	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	carbon source
43303	17057 ChEBI	cellobiose	+	builds acid from
43303	16947 ChEBI	citrate	-	carbon source
43303	17108 ChEBI	D-arabinose	-	builds acid from
43303	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	-	carbon source
43303	18333 ChEBI	D-arabitol	+	builds acid from
43303	29990 ChEBI	D-aspartate	-	carbon source
43303	15824 ChEBI	D-fructose	+	carbon source
43303	78697 ChEBI	D-fructose 6-phosphate	-	carbon source
43303	28847 ChEBI	D-fucose	-	builds acid from
43303	12936 ChEBI	D-galactose	-	carbon source
43303	30612 ChEBI	D-glucarate	-	carbon source
43303	14314 ChEBI	D-glucose 6-phosphate	+	carbon source
43303	62318 ChEBI	D-lyxose	-	builds acid from
43303	15588 ChEBI	D-malate	-	carbon source
43303	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	+	carbon source
43303	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	carbon source
43303	16523 ChEBI	D-serine	+	carbon source
43303	16523 ChEBI	D-serine	-	carbon source
43303	17924 ChEBI	D-sorbitol	-	carbon source
43303	16443 ChEBI	D-tagatose	-	builds acid from
43303	65327 ChEBI	D-xylose	+	builds acid from
43303	23652 ChEBI	dextrin	-	carbon source
43303	17113 ChEBI	erythritol	-	builds acid from
43303	4853 ChEBI	esculin	+	builds acid from
43303	15740 ChEBI	formate	-	carbon source
43303	28757 ChEBI	fructose	+	builds acid from
43303	16537 ChEBI	galactarate	-	carbon source
43303	16813 ChEBI	galactitol	-	builds acid from
43303	28260 ChEBI	galactose	-	builds acid from
43303	16865 ChEBI	gamma-aminobutyric acid	-	carbon source
43303	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	carbon source
43303	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	+	carbon source
43303	28066 ChEBI	gentiobiose	-	builds acid from
43303	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	builds acid from
43303	17234 ChEBI	glucose	+	builds acid from
43303	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	-	carbon source
43303	17754 ChEBI	glycerol	+	builds acid from
43303	70744 ChEBI	glycine-proline	-	carbon source
43303	28087 ChEBI	glycogen	-	builds acid from
43303	15443 ChEBI	inulin	-	builds acid from
43303	16977 ChEBI	L-alanine	-	carbon source
43303	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	builds acid from
43303	18403 ChEBI	L-arabitol	-	builds acid from
43303	16467 ChEBI	L-arginine	+	carbon source
43303	29991 ChEBI	L-aspartate	+	carbon source
43303	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	carbon source
43303	18287 ChEBI	L-fucose	-	builds acid from
43303	53071 ChEBI	L-galactonate	-	carbon source
43303	29985 ChEBI	L-glutamate	-	carbon source
43303	15971 ChEBI	L-histidine	-	carbon source
43303	15589 ChEBI	L-malate	-	carbon source
43303	18183 ChEBI	L-pyroglutamic acid	-	carbon source
43303	62345 ChEBI	L-rhamnose	-	carbon source
43303	17115 ChEBI	L-serine	-	carbon source
43303	65328 ChEBI	L-xylose	-	builds acid from
43303	25000 ChEBI	lactone	-	carbon source
43303	17716 ChEBI	lactose	-	builds acid from
43303	17306 ChEBI	maltose	+	carbon source
43303	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	builds acid from
43303	29864 ChEBI	mannitol	+	builds acid from
43303	37684 ChEBI	mannose	-	builds acid from
43303	6731 ChEBI	melezitose	-	builds acid from
43303	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	carbon source
43303	28053 ChEBI	melibiose	-	builds acid from
43303	74611 ChEBI	methyl (R)-lactate	-	carbon source
43303	320061 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside	-	builds acid from
43303	43943 ChEBI	methyl alpha-D-mannoside	-	builds acid from
43303	320055 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-glucopyranoside	-	carbon source
43303	74863 ChEBI	methyl beta-D-xylopyranoside	-	builds acid from
43303	51850 ChEBI	methyl pyruvate	-	carbon source
43303	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	carbon source
43303	17268 ChEBI	myo-inositol	-	builds acid from
43303	63154 ChEBI	N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosamine	-	carbon source
43303	28037 ChEBI	N-acetylgalactosamine	-	carbon source
43303	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	carbon source
43303	506227 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	+	builds acid from
43303	35418 ChEBI	n-acetylneuraminate	-	carbon source
43303	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
43303	17309 ChEBI	pectin	+	carbon source
43303	18401 ChEBI	phenylacetate	+	carbon source
43303	17272 ChEBI	propionate	+	carbon source
43303	26490 ChEBI	quinate	-	carbon source
43303	16634 ChEBI	raffinose	-	builds acid from
43303	26546 ChEBI	rhamnose	-	builds acid from
43303	15963 ChEBI	ribitol	-	builds acid from
43303	33942 ChEBI	ribose	+	builds acid from
43303	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	carbon source
43303	17814 ChEBI	salicin	+	builds acid from
43303	30911 ChEBI	sorbitol	-	builds acid from
43303	27922 ChEBI	sorbose	-	builds acid from
43303	17164 ChEBI	stachyose	-	carbon source
43303	28017 ChEBI	starch	-	builds acid from
43303	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	carbon source
43303	17992 ChEBI	sucrose	-	builds acid from
43303	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	carbon source
43303	27082 ChEBI	trehalose	+	builds acid from
43303	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	carbon source
43303	32528 ChEBI	turanose	-	builds acid from
43303	53423 ChEBI	tween 40	-	carbon source
43303	17151 ChEBI	xylitol	+	builds acid from

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite
43303	15688 ChEBI	acetoin
43303	16136 ChEBI	hydrogen sulfide
43303	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
43303	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
43303	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2
43303	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20
43303	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6
43303	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
43303	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
43303	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
43303	esterase (C 4)	+
43303	esterase Lipase (C 8)	+
43303	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1
43303	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
43303	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+
43303	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
43303	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1
43303	urease	+	3.5.1.5

Fatty acid profile

Metadata FA analysis

@ref

43303

Fatty acid	Percentage
C15:0 anteiso	43.1
C15:0 iso	28.9
C17:0 anteiso	9
C16:0 iso	5.7
C14:0 iso	4.7
C16:0	3.8
C17:0 iso	1.3
C16:1ω11c	0.7
C14:0	0.6
C16:1ω7c alcohol	0.6
C14:0 2OH	0.5

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Agriculture	#Grove (Orchard)
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
43303	sample of soil from orchard in Laizhou city, Shadong province, PR China	Shadong province	People's Republic of China	CHN	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence KT781676 (>99% sequence identity) for Sporosarcina from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	421
Soil Samples	1270
Animal Samples	2467
Plant Samples	192
Total Samples	4350

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Database
43303	Sporosarcina terrae strain LZ2 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	KT781676

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
43303	39.2	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Sporosarcina terrae sp. nov., isolated from orchard soil.	Sun Y, Zhao Q, Zhi D, Wang Z, Wang Y, Xie Q, Wu Z, Wang X, Li Y, Yu L, Yang H, Zhou J, Li H	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001835	2017

References

#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 )
#43303	Ying Sun, Qi Zhao, Dejuan Zhi, Zining Wang, Yajun Wang, Qinjian Xie, Zhengrong Wu, Xin Wang, Yang Li, Lan Yu, Hui Yang, Jianping Zhou,Hongyu Li: Sporosarcina terrae sp. nov., isolated from orchard soil. IJSEM 67: 2104 - 2108 2017 ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001835 , PubMed 28141487 )
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .

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