Definition of Sarcina. Meaning of Sarcina. Synonyms of Sarcina

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Definition of Sarcina

Sarcina
Sarcina Sar*ci"na, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? of flesh, fr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Biol.) A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group. Sarcina form (Biol.), the tetrad form seen in the division of a dumb-bell group of micrococci into four; -- applied particularly to bacteria. See micrococcus.

Meaning of Sarcina from wikipedia

- Sarcina is a genus of Gram-positive cocci bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae. A synthesizer of microbial cellulose, various members of the genus are...
- The sarcina was the marching pack carried by Roman legionaries, the heavy infantry of the Roman legions. Most of a legionary's equipment other than his...
- Sarcina ventriculi is a bacterial species in the Clostridiaceae family. Phylogenetics have placed S. ventriculi and Sarcina maxima within the genus Clostridium...
- Sarcina is a pack carried by Roman legionnaires. Sarcina may also refer to: Sarcina, a genus of Gram-positive bacteria Dentarene sarcina, a species of...
- Sarcina maxima is a bacterium from the genus Sarcina which has been isolated from faeces of an elephant. Page Species: Sarcina maxima on "LPSN - List of...
- Gary Thomas DiSarcina (born November 19, 1967) is an American former professional baseball shortstop and coach. He pla**** his entire Major League Baseball...
- same plane such as Micrococcus sp.). Sarcina describes a pack-like cuboidal arrangement of eight cocci such as Sarcina ventriculi. The gram-positive cocci...
- Antonia Sarcina (born 1963) is an Italian pianist and composer. She is the first woman to have conducted the Banda dei Carabinieri (The Carabinieri Br****...
- Dentarene sarcina, common name the spiny wheel s****, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae. The size of the s****...
- sometimes used to describe a small package of powdered drugs. Carrying pole Sarcina "bindle". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved...