intestinal bacteria
Digestive tract microorganisms
Intestinal bacteria are microorganisms that live in the digestive tract, particularly the large intestine.
These bacteria—numbering in the trillions—help digest food, produce vitamins, and regulate immune function.
The community of intestinal bacteria is often called the gut microbiome or gut flora.
Imbalances can contribute to digestive disorders, obesity, and other health problems: Antibiotics can disrupt your intestinal bacteria.
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- gut healthIntestinal microbiome condition
- microbiomeBody's microbial community
- floraPlants of a region
- live culturesViable microorganisms in food
digestion · digestive tract · colon · fermentation · lactobacillus · bifidobacteria · yogurt · bloating · fiber · enzymes · feces · leaky gut · antibiotics · stomach · bowel · microbes · cultures · fermented
- commensalsremora, remoras, pilot fish, oxpecker, oxpeckers
- gut anatomybowel, bowels, gut, duodenum, jejunum
- microbiomemicrobiome, microbiota, gut flora, lactobacillus, commensals
- Symbiotic Microbesmycorrhizae, gut flora, mutualists, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium
- heterotrophsheterotrophs, consumers, fungi, animals, humans
- symbiosissymbiosis, mycorrhizae, symbiont, symbiotic, mutualism
intestinal bacteriapathogens
Disease-causing microorganisms
infectious agents · intestinal parasites · probiotics · bacterial infections · bacteriophages
intestine, intestines, intestinal, bacterium, bacteria, bacterial