Sarcina (genus)

Sarcina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Sarcina
Goodsir, 1842[1]
Type species
Sarcina ventriculi
Goodsir, 1842[1]
Species

See text.

Sarcina is a genus of Gram-positive cocci bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae.[2][3] A synthesizer of microbial cellulose,[4] they have a cuboidal cell arrangement. Various members of the genus are human flora and may be found in the skin and large intestine.

The genus's type species is Sarcina ventriculi, a variety found on the surface of cereal seeds, in soil, mud, and in the stomachs of humans, rabbits, and guinea pigs.[5]

Species list

Sarcina includes approximately 67 species:[6]

  • Sarcina adriatica
  • Sarcina agilis
  • Sarcina alba
  • Sarcina alutacea
  • Sarcina aurantiaca
  • Sarcina aurea
  • Sarcina aurescens
  • Sarcina barkeri
  • Sarcina bicolor
  • Sarcina candida
  • Sarcina carnea
  • Sarcina cellaris
  • Sarcina cerevisiae
  • Sarcina citrea
  • Sarcina citrina
  • Sarcina devorans
  • Sarcina equi
  • Sarcina erythromyxa
  • Sarcina fusca
  • Sarcina gasoformans
  • Sarcina gigantea
  • Sarcina hansenii
  • Sarcina hyalina
  • Sarcina incana
  • Sarcina incarnata
  • Sarcina intermedia
  • Sarcina lactea
  • Sarcina liquefaciens
  • Sarcina litoralis
  • Sarcina livida
  • Sarcina lutea
  • Sarcina luteola
  • Sarcina marginata
  • Sarcina maxima
  • Sarcina meliflava
  • Sarcina methanica
  • Sarcina minuta
  • Sarcina mirabilis
  • Sarcina mobilis
  • Sarcina morrhuae
  • Sarcina mucosa
  • Sarcina nivea
  • Sarcina noctiluca
  • Sarcina paludosa
  • Sarcina parvulus
  • Sarcina pelagia
  • Sarcina pulchra
  • Sarcina pulmonum
  • Sarcina purpurascens
  • Sarcina radiata
  • Sarcina renis
  • Sarcina rosacea
  • Sarcina rosea
  • Sarcina rubra
  • Sarcina solani
  • Sarcina striata
  • Sarcina subflava
  • Sarcina sulfurea
  • Sarcina sulphurata
  • Sarcina symbiotica
  • Sarcina tetragena
  • Sarcina thermophila
  • Sarcina ureae
  • Sarcina urinae
  • Sarcina velutina
  • Sarcina ventriculi
  • Sarcina vesicae

References

  1. ^ a b Euzéby, J.P.. "Sarcina". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/s/sarcina.html. Retrieved 31 March 2010. 
  2. ^ "Sarcina". Random House Dictionary of the English Language. Random House. 2010. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sarcina. Retrieved 30 March 2010. 
  3. ^ "Result of detail taxonomy information". TXSearch Taxonomy Retrieval. DNA Data Bank of Japan. 19 February 2010. http://txsearch.ddbj.nig.ac.jp/txsearch/txsearch.TXSearch?tx_Clas=scientific+name&tx_Name=Sarcina&tx_Rank=All&tx_Rmax=10&tx_Dcls=yes&tx_Lang=en&tx_Mode=DETAIL&tx_Id=1266&tx_R_Id=0. Retrieved 30 March 2010. 
  4. ^ P. Ross, R. Mayer, and M. Benziman (1991) "Cellulose biosynthesis and function in bacteria," Microbiol Mol Biol Rev, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 35-58, Mar.
  5. ^ "Sarcina ventriculi". Stedman's Medical Spellchecker. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2006. http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/sarcina_ventriculi.htm. Retrieved 31 March 2010. 
  6. ^ "Sarcina aurantiaca". Zipcode Zoo. http://zipcodezoo.com/Bacteria/S/Sarcina_aurantiaca/. Retrieved 30 March 2010.