acidophilus

English Thesaurus

1. a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	probiotic, probiotic bacterium, probiotic flora, probiotic microflora,
definition	:	a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	lactobacillus,
definition	:	a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk) (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus lactobacillus,
definition	:	type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae (noun.animal)