Bacterium
leuconostoc lactis
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, gram positive, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is nonmotile, catalase and oxidase negative, produces acid from lactose and does not hydrolyze esculin. L. lactis is not a normal colonizer of humans and may be an opportunistic pathogenic.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Leuconostoc lactis.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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