NCIt definition : A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum
Firmicutes. This species is obligately homofermentative, requires pyridoxal for growth
in culture and ferments trehalose and esculin but not lactose. L. jensenii is a colonizer
of the healthy vaginal tract and inhibits the growth of gonococcal organisms therein,
but may be pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Lactobacillus jensenii.;