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Lactobacillus: Species, Human health & Food production
Lactobacillus is a genus of gram-positive bacteria within the Lactobacillaceae family. Members of the genus are aerotolerant anaerobes or microaerophilic, rod-shaped, and do not form endospores. Until 2020, the genus Lactobacillus comprised 261 phylogenetically, ecologically, and metabolically diverse species; a taxonomic revision of the genus reassigned…
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Lactobacillus topic overview
The analysis highlights Species, Human health and Food production as prominent areas in the source structure around Lactobacillus.
Related topics
151
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
158
Extracted relationships
136
Concept neighborhoods
70
Bridge connections
158
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Species · 50 topics
Human health · 35 topics
Food production · 24 topics
Overview · 19 topics
Metabolism · 10 topics
Taxonomy · 8 topics
Genomes · 5 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.
Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
How Lactobacillus connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around Lactobacillus shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Lactobacillus → Afouda, Afrizal, Aladame, Approved Lists, Beijerinck, Bergey, Bohak, Brygoo, Collins, Cousin, Dicks, Eilers, Entani, Falsen, Fujisawa, Gasser, Gu, Hansen, Hemme, Henneberg Another extracted example is Lactobacillus → Additionally, Because, Helicobacter, IBS, IgA, IL-10, In, LAB, Lactobacilli, NF-κB, On, SCFAs, The, TLR-2, TLR-4, TLRs, When. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 136 structured relationships around Lactobacillus. Examples in this analysis include Lactobacillus → is a → genus of gram-positive bacteria within the Lactobacillaceae family and yogurt → instance of → Lactobacilli are among the most common probiotics found in food. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
Subject
Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
Lactobacillus
is a
genus of gram-positive bacteria within the Lactobacillaceae family
0.90
text
yogurt
instance of
Lactobacilli are among the most common probiotics found in food
0.80
text
and the bacteria are diverse in their application in maintaining well-being
instance of
Lactobacilli are among the most common probiotics found in food
0.80
text
by helping to treat diarrhea
instance of
Lactobacilli are among the most common probiotics found in food
0.80
text
vaginal infections
instance of
Lactobacilli are among the most common probiotics found in food
0.80
text
and skin disorders such as eczema
instance of
Lactobacilli are among the most common probiotics found in food
0.80
text
lipoteichoic acid
instance of
The binding of these bacterial surface components
0.80
text
peptidoglycan to these receptors can effect NF-κB signaling pathways
instance of
The binding of these bacterial surface components
0.80
text
resulting in the downregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines
instance of
The binding of these bacterial surface components
0.80
text
the upregulation of anti-inflammatory mediators such as IL-10
instance of
The binding of these bacterial surface components
0.80
text
IL-6
instance of
including suppression of pro-inflammatory cytokines
0.80
text
TNF-α
instance of
including suppression of pro-inflammatory cytokines
0.80
text
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around Lactobacillus bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Al, Et and Species. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
Lactobacillus
Al
Et
Species
Approved
Lists
Fujisawa
Microbiota
Vaginal
Pathogens
Many
Source
Lactic
lactobacillus
Al
Et
Species
Approved
Lists
Fujisawa
Microbiota
Vaginal
Pathogens
Many
Source
Lactic
genus
See
Genera
Species
Bacteria
Diverse
Lactobacillus
Epithelial
Human
Pathogens
Many
Also
Approved
gram-positive bacteria
Lactic
Acid
Yogurt
Production
Probiotics
Well
Fermentation
Many
Food
Growth
Genus
Vaginal
lactobacillus plantarum
Al
Et
Species
Approved
Lists
Fujisawa
Microbiota
Vaginal
Pathogens
Many
Source
Lactic
lactic acid bacteria
Lactic
Acid
Bacteria
Yogurt
Fermentation
Many
Production
Growth
Probiotics
Medical
Unreliable
Well
lactobacillus acetotolerans
Al
Et
Species
Approved
Lists
Fujisawa
Microbiota
Vaginal
Pathogens
Many
Source
Lactic
lactobacillus acidophilus
Al
Et
Species
Approved
Lists
Fujisawa
Microbiota
Vaginal
Pathogens
Many
Source
Lactic
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For Lactobacillus, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Lactobacillus with Species. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
Lactobacillus
Nodes159
Edges158
Triples136
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012579
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around Lactobacillus to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Species, Human health & Food production, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
