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intestinal flora

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noun

  1. microorganisms that normally inhabit the lumen of the intestinal tract

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Microorganisms in the intestinal flora help to speed up the process.

From Science Daily

They compared these with publicly available data from two studies on intestinal flora.

From Science Daily

Yet you can buy this product, described as beneficial for "intestinal flora," from multiple sites with just one click.

From Salon

They choose latrines believed to have been used by many people in an attempt to gather insight into the intestinal flora of whole communities.

From The Guardian

In one study, researchers in New York City reported that interrupting the diversity of intestinal flora in mice with antibiotics affected the amount of brain damage caused by stroke.

From Scientific American