sporosarcina terrae sporosarcina terrae sporosarcina terrae is a gram-positive, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of sporosarcina which has been isolated from orchard soil from laizhou in china. sporosarcina terrae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: planococcaceae genus: sporosarcina species: s. terrae binomial name sporosarcina terraesun et al. 2017 type strain kacc 18822, mccc 1k03174, strain lz2