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Sarcina
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Sarcina /Sar·ci·na/ (sahr´sĭ-nah) a genus of bacteria (family Micrococcaceae) found in soil and water as saprophytes.
Sar·ci·na (särs-n)
n.
A genus of anaerobic gram-positive bacteria including both saprophytic and facultatively parasitic species.

SAR,
Sarcina
n bacterium belonging to the genus
Sarcina, which encourages disease, dental caries, and periodontal inflammation.

Sarcina
a genus of anaerobic, gas-producing bacteria in the family Micrococcaceae.

Sarcina-like bacteria
are observed in the abomasal wall and contents of a high proportion of milk-fed lambs, kids and calves that have died with abomasitis and abomasal bloat.


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