intestinal flora

Noun

Meaning

harmless microorganisms (as Escherichia coli) that inhabit the intestinal tract and are essential for its normal functioning

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And my understanding is that the vast majority of our intestinal flora, especially the “good bacteria” that we try to help maintain by taking/eating probiotics and prebiotics, live in the large intestine. Source: Internet

I eat bone broths every day…I have many food sensitivities, etc. Also dysbiosis of the intestinal flora. Source: Internet

Effects on the intestinal flora, which might result in reduced absorption of estrogens in the colon, have also been suggested, but such suggestions have been inconclusive and controversial. Source: Internet

The reasons for this difference are not fully understood; the donkey may have different intestinal flora to the horse, or a longer gut retention time. Source: Internet

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