# Lactobacillus
## Translingual
### Etymology

From lacto- (“milk”) +‎ Bacillus.

### Proper noun

Lactobacillus m
* A taxonomic genus within the family Lactobacillaceae – gram-positive facultative anaerobic or microaerophilic rod-shaped bacteria.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Bacillota – phylum; Bacilli – class; Lactobacillales – order; Lactobacillaceae – family

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Lactobacillus delbrueckii – type species; Lactobacillus acetotolerans, Lactobacillus acidifarinae, Lactobacillus acidipiscis, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus agilis, Lactobacillus algidus, Lactobacillus alimentarius, Lactobacillus amylolyticus, Lactobacillus amylophilus, Lactobacillus amylovorus, Lactobacillus animalis, Lactobacillus antri, Lactobacillus apodermi, Lactobacillus arizonensis, Lactobacillus aviarius, Lactobacillus bavaricus, Lactobacillus bifermentans, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus buchneri, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus carnis, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus catenaformis, Lactobacillus cellobiosus, Lactobacillus coleohominis, Lactobacillus collinoides, Lactobacillus concavus, Lactobacillus confusus, Lactobacillus coryniformis, Lactobacillus crispatus, Lactobacillus curvatus, Lactobacillus cypricasei, Lactobacillus diolivorans, Lactobacillus divergens, Lactobacillus durianis, Lactobacillus equi, Lactobacillus farciminis, Lactobacillus ferintoshensis, Lactobacillus fermenti, Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus fornicalis, Lactobacillus fructivorans, Lactobacillus fructosus, Lactobacillus frumenti, Lactobacillus fuchuensis, Lactobacillus gallinarum, Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus gastricus, Lactobacillus graminis, Lactobacillus halotolerans, Lactobacillus hammesii, Lactobacillus hamsteri, Lactobacillus harbinensis, Lactobacillus helveticus, Lactobacillus heterohiochii, Lactobacillus hilgardii, Lactobacillus homohiochii, Lactobacillus iners, Lactobacillus ingluviei, Lactobacillus intestinalis, Lactobacillus jensenii, Lactobacillus johnsonii, Lactobacillus kalixensis, Lactobacillus kandleri, Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens, Lactobacillus kefirgranum, Lactobacillus kefiri, Lactobacillus kimchii, Lactobacillus kitasatonis, Lactobacillus kunkeei, Lactobacillus lactis, Lactobacillus leichmannii, Lactobacillus lindneri, Lactobacillus malefermentans, Lactobacillus mali, Lactobacillus maltaromicus, Lactobacillus manihotivorans, Lactobacillus mindensis, Lactobacillus minor, Lactobacillus minutus, Lactobacillus mucosae, Lactobacillus murinus, Lactobacillus nagelii, Lactobacillus nantensis, Lactobacillus oligofermentans, Lactobacillus oris, Lactobacillus panis, Lactobacillus pantheris, Lactobacillus parabrevis, Lactobacillus parabuchneri, Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus paracollinoides, Lactobacillus parakefiri, Lactobacillus paralimentarius, Lactobacillus paraplantarum, Lactobacillus pentosus, Lactobacillus perolens, Lactobacillus piscicola, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus pontis, Lactobacillus psittaci, Lactobacillus rennini, Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus rimae, Lactobacillus rogosae, Lactobacillus rossiae, Lactobacillus ruminis, Lactobacillus saerimneri, Lactobacillus sakei, Lactobacillus salivarius, Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis, Lactobacillus satsumensis, Lactobacillus sharpeae, Lactobacillus siliginis, Lactobacillus sobrius, Lactobacillus spicheri, Lactobacillus suebicus, Lactobacillus suntoryeus, Lactobacillus thermotolerans, Lactobacillus trichodes, Lactobacillus uli, Lactobacillus ultunensis, Lactobacillus vaccinostercus, Lactobacillus vaginalis, Lactobacillus versmoldensis, Lactobacillus vini, Lactobacillus viridescens, Lactobacillus vitulinus, Lactobacillus xylosus, Lactobacillus yamanashiensis, Lactobacillus zeae, Lactobacillus zymae – other species

#### Derived terms

* Paralactobacillus

### See also

* Döderlein's bacillus

### References

* Lactobacillus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Lactobacillus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Lactobacillus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Lactobacillus at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
* Lactobacillus in the Genome Taxonomy Database