Name: Sarcina maxima Lindner 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: 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

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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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