Minoru Shirota
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 42 years ago |
Date of birth | April 23,1899 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Iida |
Nagano Prefecture | |
Japan | |
Date of died | March 10,1982 |
Died | Tokyo |
Japan | |
Founded | Yakult Honsha Co. |
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ID | 947986 |
Minoru Shirota Life story
Minoru Shirota was a Japanese microbiologist. In the 1920s Shirota identified a strain of lactic acid bacteria that is part of normal gut flora that he originally called Lactobacillus casei Shirota; it appeared to help contain the growth of harmful bacteria in the gut.