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... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods > Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Regular > Lactobacillaceae > Lactobacillus > Lactobacillus crispatus
... > Bacteria > Firmicutes > Lactobacillales > Lactobacillaceae > Lactobacillus > Lactobacillus crispatus
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Lactobacillales > Lactobacillaceae > Lactobacillus > Lactobacillus crispatus

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Lactobacillus crispatus  

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  • 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.

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  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000070003

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