Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A flora in which all the plants are of minute size; a congeries of microscopic plants: opposed to macroflora.
Wiktionary
- n. Microscopic plant life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans.
WordNet 3.0
- n. microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora
Examples
“It is clear as a cloudless day that hospital wards and their ancillary facilities need to be designed from a microbiological angle to make “life hard” for any kind of microflora to survive in problematic numbers.”
“Even with soap "made for sheath washing," the death of the normal "microflora" will allow the resurgence of inappropriate and pathogenic bacteria (capable of causing disease).”
“Pickles, sauerkraut, and other fermented foods also introduce probiotics to your gut to help balance microflora.”
“It was in the journal Nature Biotechnology, and it found that after we eat GMO soy, some of the GMO genes are transferred to the microflora of our intestines and those GMO genes are still active.”
The Huffington Post: Maria Rodale: Just Label It! So We Know When It's GMO
“They also contain herbs can help digestion and establish good microflora.”
“At the intestinal microflora balance is maintained by the settler and an optimum pH depends on the microflora intestinal balance.”
“Digestion depends on the microflora and pH optimum environment.”
“Urolithins, ellagic acid-derived metabolites produced by human colonic microflora, exhibit estrogenic and antiestrogenic activities.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Nalini Chilkov: Pomegranates: Fall Fruit With Cancer-Fighting Potential
“Clearly, for someone suffering from an inflammatory bowel disorder, shifting toward a diet that eliminates foods that increase inflammation can help to repair the gut and reestablish the balance of healthy intestinal microflora.”
“Even for people who are not ill, eating a Western diet high in carbohydrates, fats, and sugary foods causes the balance of microflora in the gut to change dramatically, creating an overgrowth of bad bacteria and yeast, says Mullin.”
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