sporosarcina luteola sporosarcina luteola sporosarcina luteola is a gram-variable, spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of sporosarcina which has been isolated from equipment used for soy sauce production in japan. sporosarcina luteola scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: planococcaceae genus: sporosarcina species: s. luteola binomial name sporosarcina luteolatominaga et al. 2009 type strain jcm 15791, nbrc 105378, ncimb 14541, nrrl b-59180, strain y1