Sarcina ventriculi a rare pathogen

• Main Authors: Luciano Paludo Marcelino (Author), Dirceu Felipe Valentini Junior (Author), Simone Márcia dos Santos Machado (Author), Pedro Guilherme Schaefer (Author), Raquel Camara Rivero (Author), Alessandro Bersch Osvaldt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sarcina ventriculi is a gram-positive bacterium, able to survive in extreme low pH environment. It's first description dates from 1842, by John Goodsir. Since then, just a few cases have been reported. In veterinary medicine, especially in ruminants, it causes bloating, vomiting, gastric perfor...