Abstract
Todos nosotros tenemos bacterias buenas por todo nuestro cuerpo. Una población grande de bacterias vive en nuestro tracto gastrointestinal, mayormente en el colon (intestino grueso). Esto se conoce como nuestra flora intestinal.
This 2-page fact sheet was written by Wendy J. Dahl and Volker Mai, and published by the UF Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, October 2012.
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