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Lactobacillus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of various rod-shaped, nonmotile aerobic bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus that ferment lactic acid from sugars and are the causative agents in the souring of milk.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of many rod-shaped, nonmotile, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Lactobacillus, that ferment sugars to form lactic acid

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk)

Word Usage

"Next she tracked down and begged for a culture of the yeast strain he suggested called lactobacillus, finally obtaining it from a fellow brewery in Bend."

Variant

lactobacilli

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

amaryllis bacillus

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