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Iida, Japan
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Konkaikōmyō-ji, Japan
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82 years
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Kyoto University
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Minoru Shirota (代田 稔, Shirota Minoru, April 23, 1899 – March 10, 1982) 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.The strain was later reclassified as being Lactobacillus paracasei Shirota.
He founded the company Yakult Honsha in 1935 to sell beverages containing the strain, branded Yakult.
He died in Tokyo, Japan in 1982.
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Notable Japanese Biologists
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Japanese Microbiologists
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Japanese Bacteriologists
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Japanese Physicians
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Japanese Businesspeople
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Japanese Scientists
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
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