Henri Boulard was a French microbiologist who discovered the yeast Saccharomyces boulardii in 1923. He noticed people chewing on the skins of lychees and mangosteens to treat diarrhea during a cholera epidemic. He isolated and identified this strain of yeast, a probiotic.[1] He sold his patented strain of saccharomyces boulardii to Biocodex, a French pharmaceutical company in the 1950s.[2] This probiotic is used to improve gut health and treat diarrhea[3] and is available in over 100 countries as Florastor.[4][5]
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