Sarcina

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Sarcina

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Sarcina Goodsir 1842, genus.
Type species: ¤ Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir 1842 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. fem. n. Sarcina, a package, bundle.
References: 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). [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.]

Sarcina maxima Lindner 1888, species.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 33910 = DSM 316.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X76650.
Synonym: "Zymosarcina maxima" (Lindner 1888) Smit 1930.
Etymology: L. fem. sup. adj. maxima, greatest, largest.
References: 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). [LINDNER (P.): Die Sarcina Organismen der Gärungsgewerben. Inaugural Dissertation, Friedrich-Wilhems Universitat, 1888, pp. 1-59.]

Sarcina ventriculi Goodsir 1842, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 19633 = NCTC 12966.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X76649.
Synonym: "Zymosarcina ventriculi" (Goodsir 1842) Smit 1930.
Etymology: L. n. ventriculus, the stomach; L. gen. n. ventriculi, of the stomach.
References: 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). [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.]