bacillus aminovorans bacillus aminovorans bacillus aminovorans is a gram-positive, rod-shaped species of bacteria. 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, and bacillus insolitus, b. aminovorans is the only one of these species capable of using sucrose as a sole carbon source. bacillus aminovorans scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: bacilli order: bacillales family: bacillaceae genus: bacillus species: b. aminovorans binomial name bacillus aminovorans