Bifidus flora (English spelling)

Japanese: bifidus flora(英語表記)bifidusflora
Bifidus flora (English spelling)

…A type of bacteria that forms the human intestinal flora. It is a gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that is more prevalent than other bacteria in the feces of breastfed infants and forms the bifidobacterium flora, but formula-fed infants have more coliform bacteria and less bifidobacteria. Bifidobacteria break down sugar and produce lactic acid, acetic acid, formic acid, etc., so the intestinal contents of breastfed infants tend to be acidic. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "bifidus flora" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…ヒトの腸内菌叢を形成する細菌の1種。グラム陽性の杆菌で,母乳栄養児の糞便中に他の細菌より優位に存在し,ビフィズス菌叢bifidus floraを形成するが,人工栄養児糞便中には大腸菌群が多く,ビフィズス菌は少ない。ビフィズス菌は,糖を分解して,乳酸,酢酸,ギ酸などを産生するので,母乳栄養児の腸内容は酸性に傾く。…

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