''Bacillus aminovorans'' is a

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. The Gram stain is ...

rod-shaped Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archae ...

species of

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. Samples of this species have been isolated from dust above the Atlantic Ocean. Though phenotypically similar to the species '' Sporosarcina globispora'' (formerly ''Bacillus globisporus''), ''

Bacillus marinus ''Jeotgalibacillus marinus'' is a bacterium used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture Horticulture (from ) is the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants. Horticulture is com ...

'', and ''

Bacillus insolitus ''Psychrobacillus insolitus'' is a bacterium from the genus of '' Psychrobacillus'' which has been isolated from soil. ''Psychrobacillus insolitus'' can spoil food. References Bacillaceae Bacteria described in 1967 {{Firmicutes-stub ...

'', ''B. aminovorans'' is the only one of these species capable of using

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as a sole carbon source.

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