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lactobacterium

lactobacterium noun: any bacterium of the order Lactobacillales.

Noun

lactobacterium (plural lactobacteria)

  1. Any bacterium of the order Lactobacillales

Forms of lactobacterium

plurallactobacteria

Questions about lactobacterium

What does lactobacterium mean?
Lactobacterium means any bacterium of the order Lactobacillales.
What part of speech is lactobacterium?
Lactobacterium is a noun.
What is the plural of lactobacterium?
The plural of lactobacterium is lactobacteria.

Words near lactobacterium in the dictionary

  1. lactobacillic
  2. lactobacillic acid
  3. lactobacillogenic
  4. lactobacillus
  5. lactobacteria
  6. lactobacterium
  7. lactobionate
  8. lactobionates
  9. lactobionic acid
  10. lactobiose
  11. lactobutyrometer

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