''Sarcina maxima'' is a bacterium from the genus ''
Sarcina
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 arms and armour would, in early times, have been consigned to a baggage train and b ...
'' which has been isolated from faeces of an
elephant
Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae ...
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References
Bacteria described in 1888
Clostridiaceae
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