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Genus Sarcina

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).

 

Sarcina Goodsir 1842, genus.
Type species: ¤ Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. fem. n. Sarcina, a package, bundle.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: GOODSIR (J.): History of a case in which a fluid periodically ejected from the stomach contained vegetable organisms of an undescribed form. Edinburgh Medical Surgery Journal, 1842, 57, 430-443.

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Sarcina maxima Lindner 1888, species.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 33910= DSM 316.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X76650.
Synonym: "Zymosarcina maxima" (Lindner 1888) Smit 1930.
Etymology: L. fem. sup. adj. maxima, greatest, largest.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: LINDNER (P.): Die Sarcina Organismen der Gärungsgewerben. Inaugural Dissertation, Friedrich-Wilhems Universitat, 1888, pp. 1-59.

→ ¤ Clostridium maximum (Lindner 1888) Lawson and Rainey 2016, comb. nov.

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Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir 1842, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 19633= NCTC 12966.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X76649.
Synonym: "Zymosarcina ventriculi" (Goodsir 1842) Smit 1930.
Etymology: L. n. ventriculus, the stomach; L. gen. n. ventriculi, of the stomach.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: GOODSIR (J.): History of a case in which a fluid periodically ejected from the stomach contained vegetable organisms of an undescribed form. Edinburgh Medical Surgery Journal, 1842, 57, 430-443.

→ ¤ Clostridium ventriculi (Goodsir 1842, 437AL) Lawson and Rainey 2016, comb. nov.

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