Usually means: Beneficial bacteria aiding in fermentation.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word lactobacillus:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. lactobacillus: Merriam-Webster
  2. Lactobacillus, lactobacillus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lactobacillus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lactobacillus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lactobacillus: Vocabulary.com
  6. Lactobacillus, lactobacillus: Wordnik
  7. lactobacillus: Wiktionary
  8. lactobacillus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. lactobacillus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. lactobacillus: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. lactobacillus: Dictionary.com
  12. Lactobacillus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. lactobacillus: Rhymezone
  14. lactobacillus: FreeDictionary.org
  15. lactobacillus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. lactobacillus: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lactobacillus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. lactobacillus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lactobacillus: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Lactobacillus: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  8. Lactobacillus: Medical dictionary
  9. Lactobacillus: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lactobacillus)

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

Similar:
Döderlein's bacillus, lactococcin, acidophilus, lactobiose, lactin, lactosidase, probacterium, lactose, homolactic fermentation, lactase, more...

Phrases:
Lactobacillus acidophilus, lactobacillus brevis, genus lactobacillus, salivary lactobacillus index, lactobacillus casei, more...

Adjectives:
oral, live, probiotic, human, homofermentative, producing, vaginal, active, free, normal, viable

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Similar:
Döderlein's bacillus, lactococcin, acidophilus, lactobiose, lactin, lactosidase, probacterium, lactose, homolactic fermentation, lactase, more...

Phrases:
Lactobacillus acidophilus, lactobacillus brevis, genus lactobacillus, salivary lactobacillus index, lactobacillus casei, lactobacillus bulgaricus, lactobacillus delbrueckii, lactobacillus fermentum, more...

Adjectives:
oral, live, probiotic, human, homofermentative, producing, vaginal, active, free, normal, viable



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