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Minoru shirota biography graphic organizer
Minoru Shirota M.D., Ph.D. was driven to contribute to the health and happiness of others, and dedicated his life to furthering the study of microbiology, following his motto “a healthy gut leads to a long life”, in Japanese “kencho choju”.
Minoru Shirota, a pioneer in microbiology
In the early 20th century, when Dr. Shirota was still a young man, poor hygiene and nutrition meant many people in Japan lost their lives due to infectious diseases such as cholera and dysentery.
Uncomfortable with this, the young man decided to focus on medicine and make a difference to society with this knowledge. In 1921 he began studying at Kyoto Imperial University (now Kyoto University), and was greatly inspired by the theory of Nobel prize-winner Elie Metchnikov who had published a paper in 1900 on ‘Longevity without ageing’.
This illustrated the remarkable life expectancy of Bulgarians and their common practise of drinking fermented milk – it took him down the path of microbiology researc