Medical Dictionary
sarcina
noun sar·ci·na \ˈsär-si-nə\
Medical Definition of SARCINA
1
capitalized : a genus of bacteria (family Peptococcaceae) that are gram-positive cocci, are mostly harmless saprophytes but include a few serious brewery pests, and have cells which under favorable conditions divide in three directions into cubical masses
2
plural sar·ci·nas or sar·ci·nae \-nē\ : any bacterium of the genus Sarcina
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