What is Lactobacillus?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Lactobacillus'' | image = Lactobacillus_sp_01.png | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Lactobacillus'' | regnum = [[Bacterium|Bacteria]] | divisio = [[Firmicutes]] | classis = [[Bacilli]] | ordo = [[Lactobacillales]] | familia = [[Lactobacillaceae]] | genus = '''''Lactobacillus''''' | genus_authority = Beijerinck 1901 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Lactobacillus acidophilus|L. acidophilus]]''<br /> ''[[Lactobacillus brevis|L. brevis]]''<br /> ''[[Lactobacillus casei|L. casei]]''<br /> ''[[Lactobacillus delbrueckii|L. delbrueckii]]''<br /> ''[[Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus|L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus]]''<br /> ''[[Lactobacillus fermentum|L. fermentum]]''<br /> ''[[Lactobacillus helveticus|L. helveticus]]''<br /> ''[[Lactobacillus plantarum|L. plantarum]]''<br /> ''[[Lactobacillus reuteri|L. reuteri]]''<br /> ''[[Lactobacillus rhamnosus|L. rhamnosus]]''<br /> ''[[Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis|L. sanfranciscensis]]'' }} '''''Lactobacillus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[bacteria]]. Most ''Lactobacillus'' species are [[Endospore|non-spore-forming]] and ferment [[glucose]] into [[lactose]]. This genus also contains several bacteria that make up part of the natural flora of the human [[vagina]]. They are really helpful in the gut. It is a rod-shaped non-spore forming bacteria. It can be found in foods like yogurt. {{biology-stub}} {{Dietary supplement}} [[Category:Gram-positive bacteria]]