The gene grmA of Bacillus megaterium ATCC 12872 encodes a protein responsible for early spore germination events. In order to determine whether a homologuous of the grmA is present in B. cereus chromosome, a PCR cloning strategy with degenerate primers was exploited. The amplicon with the expected size was purified, cloned into two different B. subtilis integrational vectors, and sequenced. Analysis of the cloned DNA using tBLASTn revealed high homology to B. magaterium grmA. This is the first report of identification of a grmA homologue in B. cereus. We suggest that grmA genes family has a common function in spore germination of both B. megaterium and B. cereus. It would be interesting to investigate the role of an antiporter in the complicated process of spore germination.