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How to pronounce microflora in English?

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Type of flora, micro-organism, microorganism, plant, plant life

Examples of microflora

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The altered microflora dampened the inflammatory response to H. pylori infection.
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As long as the balance of gut microflora remains stable, tolerance continues.
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Physicians do sometimes manipulate intestinal microflora with a therapeutic intention.
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We know that with antibiotics for bacterial infections the gut microflora is restructured.
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These ice ages were immensely long, and led to a crash in microflora.
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It was the first study linking changes in GI tract microflora to an allergic response in the lung.
From the sciencedaily.com
Cows'production of methane is down to the microflora in their gut that helps them to digest their food.
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As with the liquid product, he's using indigenous microflora in these wells to produce more methane.
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Ultimately, doctors may be able to prevent cancer with a probiotic that alters the stomach microflora.
From the sfgate.com
More examples
  • Microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora
  • A microbiota is "the ecological community of commensal, symbiotic and pathogenic microorganisms that literally share our body space". Joshua Lederberg coined the term, emphasising the importance of microorganisms inhabiting the human body in health and disease...
  • Microscopic plant life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans
  • The normal population of microorganisms in a healthy organism.
  • Microscopic organisms present in small numbers
  • Living microorganisms that are so small that they can be seen only with a microscope and that maintain a more or less constant presence in a particular area such as the pharynx or the rumen.
  • Microflora generally refers to the microorganisms (including both good and bad bacteria) that reside in the digestive tract. As the term 'flora' refers to plants, however, the term microbiota is now considered to be more correct than microflora.
  • Bacteria, including actinomycetes; viruses, and fungi.
  • Plants which are invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye