NCIt definition : A species of Gram-positive, rod shaped, facultatively anaerobic, heterofermentative
bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes that occur singly or in pairs or short chains. This
species is nonmotile and non spore forming. L. vaginalis was isolated from the vaginas
of patients suffering from trichomoniasis.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Lactobacillus vaginalis.;