Definition of Lactobacilli

1. Noun. (plural of lactobacillus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lactobacilli

1. lactobacillus [n] - See also: lactobacillus

Medical Definition of Lactobacilli

1. Plural of lactobacillus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lactobacilli

lactivism
lactivist
lactivists
lactivore
lactivores
lactivorous
lacto-
lacto-N-biosidase
lacto-ovo-vegetarian
lacto-ovo-vegetarians
lactoabumin
lactoalbumin
lactoalbumins
lactobacillaceae
lactobacillary milk
lactobacilli (current term)
lactobacillic acid
lactobacillus acidophilus
lactobutyrometer
lactobutyrometers
lactocele
lactochrome
lactococcal lysine aminopeptidase
lactococci
lactococcus
lactococcus lactis
lactocrit
lactodensimeter

Literary usage of Lactobacilli

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The higher values for lactic acid in the stomach of grass-fed horses as compared with hay is also in accord with this view. lactobacilli have particular ..."

2. Milk by Paul Gustav Heinemann (1919)
"lactobacilli are numerous in the digestive tract of calves and in sour whey. ... Streptococci and lactobacilli are most prominent in inner portions, ..."

3. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"In particular the microbiota of allergic children were less often colonized with lactobacilli and bifidobacteria. These findings led to a definitive study ..."

4. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Fnb, Institute of Medicine (U. S.), High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"It may be prudent to restrict probiotic strains to species of lactobacilli or bifidobacteria to minimize any safety risk. The best candidate prebiotics for ..."

5. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The lactobacilli are known to adhere to the epithelium of the crop and bursa in chicks ... Implantation of lactobacilli through the oral route suppressed ..."

6. The Bacillus of Long Life: A Manual of the Preparation and Souring of Milk by Loudon McQueen Douglas (1911)
"It is non-sporogenous, has an optimum temperature of 90° to 97° F., and possesses cultural characteristics similar to those of the rest of the lactobacilli. ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"(such as streptococci, lactobacilli, pneumococci) are readily killed by these cells (14, 17). Chronic granulo- matous disease leukocytes stain normally for ..."

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