Bacillus aminovorans explained

Bacillus aminovorans is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped species of bacteria. Samples of this species have been isolated from dust above the Atlantic Ocean.^[1] Though phenotypically similar to the species Sporosarcina globispora (formerly Bacillus globisporus), Bacillus marinus, and Bacillus insolitus, B. aminovorans is the only one of these species capable of using sucrose as a sole carbon source.^[2]

Further reading

• Loshon. Charles A.. Beary. Katherine E.. Gouveia. Kristine. Grey. Elizabeth Z.. Santiago-Lara. Leticia M.. Setlow. Peter. Nucleotide sequence of the sspE genes coding for gamma-type small, acid-soluble spore proteins from the round-spore-forming bacteria Bacillus aminovorans, Sporosarcina halophila and S. ureae. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. March 9, 1998. 1396. 2. 148–152. 10.1016/S0167-4781(97)00204-2. 9540829.

Notes and References

1. Griffin. Dale W.. Westphal. Douglas L.. Gray. Michael A.. Airborne microorganisms in the African desert dust corridor over the mid-Atlantic ridge, Ocean Drilling Program, Leg 209. Aerobiologia. 6 September 2006. 22. 3. 211–226. 10.1007/s10453-006-9033-z.
2. RUGER. H.-J.. Differentiation of Bacillus globisporus, Bacillus marinus comb. nov., Bacillus aminovorans, and Bacillus insolitus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 1 April 1983. 33. 2. 157–161. 10.1099/00207713-33-2-157. free.