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Boasa-Opplera stick

Boasa-Opplera a stick (Lactobacillus acidophilus, Ber – determinant of bacteria of Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology; I. I. Boas, German doctor, 1858-1938; Century of Oppler, the German doctor, died in 1932) – the species of bacteria relating to the sort Lactobacillus (this. Lactobacillaceae); the motionless gram-positive stick fermenting sugar to lactic acid not being pathogenic for the person; is in structure of intestinal microflora of babies; at adults comes to light at stagnation of gastric contents.

 
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