乳杆菌

Traditional form:

乳桿菌

Pinyin (reading):

rǔgǎnjūn

Definitions:

• lactobacillus

Characters:

• 乳 - breast, nipples; milk; to suckle
• 杆 - cane, pole, stick
• 菌 - mushroom; bacteria, germ, microbe

Traditional characters:

• 乳 - breast, nipples; milk; to suckle
• 桿 - cane, pole, stick
• 菌 - mushroom; bacteria, germ, microbe