Bacillus sonorensis

Bacillus sonorensis is a species of bacteria with type strain L87-10^T (= NRRL B-23154^T).^[1] Its genome has been sequenced.^[2]

Bacillus sonorensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Bacillus
Species:	B. sonorensis
Binomial name
Bacillus sonorensis Palmisano et al. 2001

Characteristics of B. sonorensis

S.I. Paul et al. (2021)^[3] isolated and identified Bacillus sonorensis (strains KSP163A, and OA122) from marine sponges (Haliclona oculata and Cliona carteri, respectively) of the Saint Martin's Island Area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of B. sonorensis are shown in the Table below.^[3]

Test type	Test	Characteristics
Colony characters	Size	Medium
	Type	Round
	Color	Creamy
	Shape	Convex
Morphological characters	Shape	Rod
Physiological characters	Motility	+
	Growth at 6.5% NaCl	+
Biochemical characters	Gram's staining	+
	Oxidase	+
	Catalase	–
	Oxidative-Fermentative	Oxidative
	Motility	+
	Methyl Red	+
	Voges-Proskauer	+
	Indole	–
	H2S Production	–
	Urease	–
	Nitrate reductase	+
	β-Galactosidase	W
Hydrolysis of	Gelatin	V
	Aesculin	+
	Casein	+
	Tween 40	+
	Tween 60	+
	Tween 80	+
Acid production from	Glycerol	+
	Galactose	V
	D-Glucose	V
	D-Fructose	+
	D-Mannose	V
	Mannitol	+
	N-Acetylglucosamine	V
	Amygdalin	V
	Maltose	+
	D-Melibiose	V
	D-Trehalose	+
	Glycogen	+
	D-Turanose	W

Note: + = Positive, – =Negative, W= Weakly Positive, V= Variable (+/–)