Name: Sarcina maxima Lindner 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma’xi.ma. L. fem. adj. maxima, greatest, largest

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: SAR-ki-na MA-xi-ma, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33910; DSM 316; IMET B 103; K66

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: X76650 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lindner P. Die Sarcina-Organismen der Gährungs-Gewerbe. Inaugural Dissertation. Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Berlin/Germany, 1888.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium maximum (Lindner 1888) Lawson and Rainey 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 16 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lindner P. Die Sarcina-Organismen der Gährungs-Gewerbe. Inaugural Dissertation. Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Berlin/Germany, 1888.

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Record number: 780788