Sarcina

See also: sarcina and sarcină

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin sarcina (“bundle”).

Proper noun

Sarcina f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Clostridiaceae – cocci-shaped bacteria that fail to dissociate during replication such that they form a cube of eight bacteria.
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