Bacterium
lactobacillus fermentum
Subclass of:
Lactobacillus
Definitions related to lactobacillus fermentum:
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is nonmotile, ferments L arabinose, esculin and sucrose, catalase negative and alpha galactosidase positive. L. fermentum is a commensal organism of the urogenital tract with probiotic activity.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A species of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria associated with DENTAL CARIES.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Lactobacillus fermentum.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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