[Bifidobacterium flora status of cosmonauts before and after completing space flights]. / Sostoianie bifidoflory u kosmonavtov do i posle osushchestvlenie kosmicheskikh poletov.

The state of bifidoflora was examined in eight cosmonauts before and after space flights of varying duration. Prelaunch quantity of bifidobacteria decreased drastically. In space flights of 30 days and longer the level of acid formation by bifidobacteria was reduced. The species composition of bifidoflora remained stable. The most typical intestinal species of bifidobacteria were B. Longum and B. adolescentis.

[Microfloral makeup of the feces of infants on various types of feeding]. / Sostav mikroflory fekalii u detei, hakhodiashchikhsia na razlichnykh vidakh vskarmlivaniia.

Dissimilarity in the fecal microflora of infants fed with breast milk and the ones receiving in the neonatal period the mixture "Malyutka" and experimental samples of the dry acidopilic mixture "Malyutka" because of their mothers' state of hypolactation. Features specific for intestinal biocenosis in the breast-nursed infants is the prevalence of bifidobacteria, low abundance of microorganisms accomplishing proteolysis and also a high percentage of colicinogenic cultures of colibacillus. In further preparations of adapted milk mixtures it appears expedient to go on with investigations oriented toward incorporation in their composition of factors contributing to bringing the intestinal microflora composition closer to that in natural feeding.