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

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Lactobacillus pentosus  

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Scope note

  • 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.

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  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000070018

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