sarcina
noun
sar·ci·na
ˈsär-si-nə
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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
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