Warning: The NCBI web site requires JavaScript to function. more...
An official website of the United States government
The .gov means it's official. Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.
The site is secure. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.
Lactobacillus
A genus of gram-positive, microaerophilic, rod-shaped bacteria occurring widely in nature. Its species are also part of the many normal flora of the mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina of many mammals, including humans. Lactobacillus species are homofermentative and ferment a broad spectrum of carbohydrates often host-adapted but do not ferment PENTOSES. Most members were previously assigned to the Lactobacillus delbrueckii group. Pathogenicity from this genus is rare.
Lactobacillus leichmannii
A species of gram-negative bacteria isolated from MILK, cheese, and compressed yeast.
Year introduced: 2006
Lactobacillus helveticus
A species of gram-positive bacteria isolated from MILK and cheese-starter cultures.
Lactobacillus delbrueckii
A species of gram-positive, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria. capable of producing LACTIC ACID. It is important in the manufacture of FERMENTED DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Year introduced: 2005
Lactobacillus plantarum
A species of rod-shaped, LACTIC ACID bacteria used in PROBIOTICS and SILAGE production.
Lactobacillus acidophilus
A species of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria isolated from the intestinal tract of humans and animals, the human mouth, and vagina. This organism produces the fermented product, acidophilus milk.
Lactobacillus pentosus
A species of Lactobacillus that occurs in FERMENTED FOODS where its ability to produce LACTIC ACID; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; and BACTERIOCINS make it useful as a FOOD PRESERVATION agent. It is also used as a PROBIOTIC.
Year introduced: 2017
Lactobacillus crispatus
A species of Lactobacillus that occurs in the human GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT and the VAGINA of healthy women. It produces LACTIC ACID and HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, and is used as a PROBIOTIC. It is also used for the treatment and prevention of BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS.
Lactobacillus johnsonii
A species of Lactobacillus that occurs in the human GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT and VAGINA. It produces BACTERIOCINS and HYDROGEN PEROXIDE and is used as a PROBIOTIC.
Lactobacillus gasseri
A species of Lactobacillus that occurs in the human ORAL MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; and VAGINA. It produces BACTERIOCINS, can modulate the immune response, and is used as a PROBIOTIC.
phosphoenolpyruvate-xylitol phosphotransferase, Lactobacillus casei [Supplementary Concept]
Date introduced: June 10, 1982
Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus
A species of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria used in PROBIOTICS.
Year introduced: 2023(2006)
sak674 protein, Lactobacillus sakei [Supplementary Concept]
from Lactobacillus sake LB674; very similar to sakacin P; consists of one polypeptide chain of 43 amino acid residues; MW 4436.6 Da; GenBank Z25816
Date introduced: April 22, 1994
Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis [Supplementary Concept]
Date introduced: November 22, 2019
Lactobacillus mali [Supplementary Concept]
glycocin F, Lactobacillus plantarum [Supplementary Concept]
Date introduced: March 31, 2011
plantaricin ASM1, Lactobacillus plantarum [Supplementary Concept]
GenBank AB474371
Date introduced: April 10, 2010
sakacin G, Lactobacillus [Supplementary Concept]
37-amino-acid-residue-long class IIa antilisterial bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus sake 2512, which is encoded by the duplicated structural genes skgA1 and skgA2; GenBank AF395533
Date introduced: February 12, 2003
surface-binding protein, Lactobacillus [Supplementary Concept]
a surface-binding protein from Lactobacillus that inhibits adhesion of Enterococcus faecalis; amino acid sequence known
Date introduced: January 26, 2001
mntA protein, Lactobacillus plantarum [Supplementary Concept]
isolated from Lactobacillus plantarum; has been sequenced; GenBank AF136521
Date introduced: December 7, 1999