Definition of lactobacillus
:any of a genus (Lactobacillus) of bacteria that produce lactic acid
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Tenofovir stayed around longer when mixed with healthy lactobacilli, while concentrations plummeted rapidly when mixed with a particularly bad bug named Gardnerella vaginalis.
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Cilurzo put them in oak chardonnay barrels and sparked them with the Belgian yeast, Brettanomyces, as well as pediococcus and lactobacillus.
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The antibiotic residues do not affect the disease-causing bacteria; the lactobacilli appear to be more sensitive.
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medical Definition of lactobacillus
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:a genus of gram-positive nonmotile lactic-acid-forming bacteria of the family Lactobacillaceae including various commercially important lactic acid bacteria
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plural lactobacilli\-ˌī also -ˌē\
:any bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus
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