Minoru Shirota
Japanese microbiologist
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Minoru Shirota was a Japanese microbiologist. In the 1930
Shirota identified a strain of lactic acid bacteria that is part of normal gut flora that he originally called Lactobacillus casei Shirota, which appeared to help contain the growth of... Wikipedia
Born: April 23, 1899, Iida, Nagano, Japan
Died: March 10, 1982 (age 82 years), Tokyo, Japan
Education: Kyoto University and Iida High School
Organization founded: Yakult Honsha
Nationality: Japanese
Known for: Invention of Yakult