Name: Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ven.tri’cu.li. L. masc. n. ventriculus, the stomach; L. gen. masc. n. ventriculi, of the stomach

Pronunciation, gender: wen-TRI-ku-li, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19633; DSM 286; NCTC 12966

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X76649 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Zymosarcina ventriculi" (Goodsir 1842) Smit 1930	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Clostridium ventriculi (Goodsir 1842) Lawson and Rainey 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
  • 😷 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, note = "ht+". — 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 102 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Willems A, Collins MD. Phylogenetic placement of Sarcina ventriculi and Sarcina maxima within group I Clostridium, a possible problem for future revision of the genus Clostridium. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:591-593.

Parent taxon: Sarcina Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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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Record number: 780795