Definition of lactobacillus in English:
lactobacillus
nounPlural lactobacilli ˌlaktəʊbəˈsɪləsˌlæktoʊbəˈsɪləs
Biology A rod-shaped bacterium which produces lactic acid from the fermentation of carbohydrates.
Genus Lactobacillus; non-motile Gram-positive bacteria
Example sentencesExamples
- These are likely to be unhelpful to women with bacterial vaginosis because the lactobacilli are directed at the wrong anatomical site and are of the wrong kind.
- In my practice, I find that most bloated stomachs are caused by ‘bad’ bacteria in the gut, which you can combat by having a small pot a day of live natural yoghurt containing the probiotic bacteria lactobacilli, bifidus or acidophilus.
- The former tended to have a flora similar to that typical in western Europe during the 1970s, including a preponderance of lactobacilli and eubacteria, while the latter tended to have more clostridia species, including C. difficile.
- This is a condition marked by lowered naturally present vaginal lactobacilli and an overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria.
- Then a starter culture of lactic streptococci and lactobacilli bacteria is added.
Definition of lactobacillus in US English:
lactobacillus
nounˌlaktōbəˈsiləsˌlæktoʊbəˈsɪləs
Biology A rod-shaped bacterium which produces lactic acid from the fermentation of carbohydrates.
Genus Lactobacillus; nonmotile Gram-postive bacteria
Example sentencesExamples
- Then a starter culture of lactic streptococci and lactobacilli bacteria is added.
- In my practice, I find that most bloated stomachs are caused by ‘bad’ bacteria in the gut, which you can combat by having a small pot a day of live natural yoghurt containing the probiotic bacteria lactobacilli, bifidus or acidophilus.
- This is a condition marked by lowered naturally present vaginal lactobacilli and an overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria.
- The former tended to have a flora similar to that typical in western Europe during the 1970s, including a preponderance of lactobacilli and eubacteria, while the latter tended to have more clostridia species, including C. difficile.
- These are likely to be unhelpful to women with bacterial vaginosis because the lactobacilli are directed at the wrong anatomical site and are of the wrong kind.