see also:

• clinically important bacteria

• an order of acid-tolerant Gram positive bacilli bacteria
• these bacteria, usually found in decomposing plants and milk products, produce lactic acid as the major metabolic end product of carbohydrate fermentation.

• Lactobacillus
• Leuconostoc
• Pediococcus
• Lactococcus - formerly known as Lancefield group N streptococci
• streptococcus / streptococcal infections
• Aerococcus
• Carnobacterium
• Enterococci
• Oenococcus
• Sporolactobacillus
• Tetragenococcus
• Vagococcus
• Weissella