Name: Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. n. Sarcina, a package, bundle

Gender: feminine (stem: Sarcin-)

Type species: Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Zymosarcina" Smit 1930	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family "Sarcinaceae" Skuja 1956. Publication: Skuja H. Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis ser. 4 1956; 16:404.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Sarcineae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the tribe "Micrococceae". Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned the subgenus "Sporosarcina" to this genus. Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned the subgenus "Methanosarcina" to this genus. — Breed et al. (1957) assigned the subgenus "Sarcinococcus" to this genus. — Breed et al. (1957) assigned the subgenus "Urosarcina" to this genus. — Breed et al. (1957) assigned the subgenus "Zymosarcina" to this genus. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Zymosarcina" Smit 1930. Publication: Smit J. Die Garungssarcinen. Eine Monographie. Pflanzenforschung 1930; 14:1-59.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lawson PA, Rainey FA. Proposal to restrict the genus Clostridium Prazmowski to Clostridium butyricum and related species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1009-1016.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Sarcira"; "Sarcirza"; "Sarciua"; "Sarclna"; "Sarcma"; "Sarnina"; "Sarrina"; "Saxcina"; "Scircina"; "Sercina"; "Sorcina"; "Surcina". — This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Sarcinae".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; ATCC: 3; NCTC: 1; VKM: 1; NBRC: 1; IFO: 1; JCM: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SARC" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Sarcina marina" Hunter et al. 1981	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Sarcina maxima Lindner 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Sarcina morrhuae" Farlow 1880	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)
    "Candidatus Sarcina troglodytae" Owens et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wiegel J. Family I. Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933, 90 AL. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, volume 3, The Firmicutes, Springer, New York, 2009, p. 738-848.

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