bacillus sonorensis bacillus sonorensis bacillus sonorensis is a species of bacteria with type strain l87-10t (= nrrl b-23154t). its genome has been sequenced. bacillus sonorensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: bacillus species: b. sonorensis binomial name bacillus sonorensispalmisano et al. 2001 characteristics of b. sonorensis s.i. paul et al. (2021) 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. 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 (+/–)