Translingual

Lactobacillus acidophilus

Proper noun

Lactobacillales

1. A taxonomic order within the class Bacilli – the lactic acid bacteria.

Hypernyms

• (order): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Firmicutes - phylum; Bacilli - class

Hyponyms

• (order): Aerococcaceae, Carnobacteriaceae, Enterococcaceae, Lactobacillaceae, Leuconostocaceae, Oscillospiraceae, Streptococcaceae (families)
  • Acetoanaerobium, Carnococcus, Syntrophococcus (genera, incertae sedis)

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521