''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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Bacteria described in 1888 Clostridiaceae {{Firmicutes-stub