Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lactobacillus

1 sense of lactobacillus

Sense 1
lactobacillus -- (a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk))
       => eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria -- (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)