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lactobacillus

Syllabification: (lac·to·ba·cil·lus)

Definition of lactobacillus

noun (plural lactobacilli /-ˈsiˌlī, -ˈsiˌlē/)

Biology
  • a rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid from the fermentation of carbohydrates.
    • Genus Lactobacillus; nonmotile Gram-postive bacteria

lactobacillus in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of lactobacillus in the British & World English dictionary