Minoru Shirota
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 43 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.