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Flora literally means flowers. This word is used for micro organisms in the large intestine. They play very important role in your body. You can not survive for long without this flora. They produce few important vitamins like vitamin K. Some times these normal flora is killed by the use of broad spectrum antibiotics. The patient get the condition called as pseudomembranous colitis. Patient can die of loose motion in this case, unless promptly and properly treated. This fact highlights the importance of the micro flora. Such type of bacteria are present on your skin also. At times they are replaced by the abnormal bacteria. The person emits body odour. His social life is adversely affected in that case.

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