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Lactobacillus brevis
Definition 1
A species of facultatively anaerobic/microaerophilic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is nonmotile, ferments D ribose, galactose, arabinose and maltose, catalase positive, does not ferment mannose and hydrolyzes hippurate. L. brevis is non pathogenic but may be a concern for brewers due to its beer and wine spoilage ability. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Lactobacillus brevis. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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