sarcina ventriculi sarcina ventriculi sarcina ventriculi is a bacterium from the family of clostridiaceae. phylogenetics have placed s. ventriculi and sarcina maxima within the genus clostridium. it has been proposed to be renamed to clostridium ventriculi in 2016, but ultimately retained its name due to the genus name of sarcina taking priority over clostridium. sarcina ventriculi scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacillota class: clostridia order: eubacteriales family: clostridiaceae genus: sarcina species: s. ventriculi binomial name sarcina ventriculigoodsir 1842 synonyms clostridium ventriculi zymosarcina ventriculi