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Definition of Lactobacillaceae
1. Noun. Lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid.
Group relationships: Kingdom Monera, Kingdom Prokaryotae, Monera, Prokayotae
Generic synonyms: Bacteria Family
Member holonyms: Genus Lactobacillus, Genus Diplococcus, Genus Streptococcus
Medical Definition of Lactobacillaceae
1. A family of gram-positive bacteria found regularly in the mouth and intestinal tract of man and other animals, in food and dairy products, and in fermenting vegetable juices. A few species are highly pathogenic. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lactobacillaceae
Literary usage of Lactobacillaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1918)
"... classification by the Society of American Bacteriologists the rod-shaped
organisms are classified under the families Bacteria- cex, lactobacillaceae and ..."
2. National Institutes of Health Bulletin by National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (1920)
"... under a new family—the lactobacillaceae, characterized as below. Rods often
long and slender, gram-positive, ..."
3. The Generic Names of Bacteria by Ella Morgan (Austin) Enlows (1920)
"This committee placed the genus Lactobacillus under a new family—the lactobacillaceae,
characterized as below. Rods often long and slender, gram-positive, ..."
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