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

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Sarcina is a genus of Gram-positive cocci bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae.[2][3] [4] A synthesizer of microbial cellulose,[5] they have a cuboidal cell arrangement. Various members of the genus are human flora and may be found in the skin [6] and large intestine.[7]

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.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Euzéby, J.P. "Sarcina". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Sarcina". Random House Dictionary of the English Language. Random House. 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Result of detail taxonomy information". TXSearch Taxonomy Retrieval. DNA Data Bank of Japan. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Sarcina aurantiaca". Zipcode Zoo. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ HOLT, R. J. (29 July 2006). "THE ESTERASE AND LIPASE ACTIVITY OF AEROBIC SKIN BACTERIA". British Journal of Dermatology 85 (1): 18–23. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.1971.tb07172.x.
  7. ↑ Crowther, J. S. (1 August 1971). "Sarcina Ventriculi In Human Faeces". Journal of Medical Microbiology 4 (3): 343–350. doi:10.1099/00222615-4-3-343.
  8. ↑ "Sarcina ventriculi". Stedman's Medical Spellchecker. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2010.