The cells of the species of Sporosarcina are either rod-shaped or coccoid.
Others are facultative aerobic, they can also perform metabolism in the absence of oxygen.
[1] The species forms the highest population densities in soils that are subject to influence of urine.
[2] Analyses of genome sequences of Sporosarcina species identified eight conserved signature indels (CSIs) that are uniquely present in this genus in the proteins aspartate–tRNA ligase, A/G-specific adenine glycosylase, thymidylate synthase, RDD family protein, DEAD/DEAH box helicase, membrane protein insertase YidC, cytochrome b6, and a hypothetical protein.
[3] These molecular signatures provide a novel and reliable method to molecularly distinguishing Sporosarcina species from other genera in the family Caryophanaceae and other bacteria.