--- title: Interesting facts about our bacteria zoo description: Playing in the sand or messing around in the mud never did a child any harm. Nature is full of good bacteria and it makes good sense to expose our children to it. image: https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/kids%20playing%20at%20the%20beach.jpeg --- [![Logo HOCHDORF iNSIDE_RGB](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Logo%20HOCHDORF%20iNSIDE_RGB.png?width=280&name=Logo%20HOCHDORF%20iNSIDE_RGB.png "Logo HOCHDORF iNSIDE_RGB")](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en) - [DE](https://inside.hochdorf.com/de) - [EN](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en) - [Corporate Website](https://www.hochdorf.com/) ![HOC_Ins_Header](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Header/Bimbosan/HOC_Ins_Header.jpg?width=1500&name=HOC_Ins_Header.jpg "HOC_Ins_Header") ## [Interesting facts about our bacteria zoo](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/interesting-facts-about-our-bacteria-zoo) ![Janny Vedder](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Blog/Portraitbilder%20Autoren/Janny-Vedder150x150.png) By [Janny Vedder](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/author/janny-vedder) - May 18, 2018 - - - ![kids playing at the beach](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stock%20images/kids%20playing%20at%20the%20beach.jpeg?width=750&name=kids%20playing%20at%20the%20beach.jpeg)Playing in the sand or messing around in the mud never did a child any harm. Nature is full of good bacteria and it makes good sense to expose our children to it. - We have 10 tril­lion own body cells but are pop­u­lated by 100 tril­lion bac­te­ria. If we laid them out length­wise they would go all the way around the world. - Most bac­te­ria are found in the colon. - It takes around three years for the mi­cro­biota to set­tle into an in­fant’s sys­tem. - The mi­crobes in our in­tes­tine weigh be­tween 1 and 1.5 kg. - There are around 400 to 500 dif­fer­ent bac­te­r­ial strains in the in­tes­tine, com­pris­ing 30,000 to 50,000 species. - Sci­en­tists as­sume that bac­te­ria com­mu­ni­cate with each other. - Un­for­tu­nately, an­tibi­otics kills the good bac­te­ria as well as the bad. --- Fur­ther in­for­ma­tion   - Ar­ti­cle ["Pre­bi­otics in in­fant for­mula"](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/prebiotics-in-infant-formula?hsLang=en) - Overview ["Good and bad bac­te­ria"](https://inside.hochdorf.com/good-and-bad-bacteria?hsLang=en) - Overview ["The dif­fer­ence be­tween pre­bi­otics and pro­bi­otics"](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/prebiotics-and-probiotics?hsLang=en) ## Leave a comment ![Janny Vedder](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Blog/Portraitbilder%20Autoren/Janny-Vedder150x150.png) Written by [Janny Vedder](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/author/janny-vedder) ### Posts by Topic - [Baby Care (42)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/baby-care) - [Food Solutions (30)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/food-solutions) - [Nutrition & Innovation (14)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/nutrition-innovation) - [Corporate (3)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/tag/corporate) ### Recent Articles ### Popular Articles #### Related posts [![Five steps to create your own infant formula brand with HOCHDORF](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgaben%20Online/Header_Bild_HOC_Inside_Private_Label-1.png)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/five-steps-to-create-your-own-infant-formula-brand-with-hochdorf?hsLang=en) ##### [Five steps to create your own infant formula brand with HOCHDORF](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/five-steps-to-create-your-own-infant-formula-brand-with-hochdorf?hsLang=en) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/five-steps-to-create-your-own-infant-formula-brand-with-hochdorf/author/monique-inderbitzin?hsLang=en) - May 12, 2023 [![Product innovation: new Bimbosan Riso PH](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgabe%2011/Riso%20PH_Blog%20klein.jpg)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/alternative-new-bimbosan-riso-ph-product?hsLang=en) ##### [Product innovation: new Bimbosan Riso PH](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/alternative-new-bimbosan-riso-ph-product?hsLang=en) ![Karin Bucher](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Blog/Portraitbilder%20Autoren/Karin-Bucher-150x150.png) By [Karin Bucher](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/alternative-new-bimbosan-riso-ph-product/author/karin-bucher?hsLang=en) - November 10, 2021 [![From the meadow to baby's tummy](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/HOCHDORF%20Inside/Ausgabe%2011/Baby%20Care%20Blog%20klein.jpg)](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/from-the-meadow-to-babys-tummy?hsLang=en) ##### [From the meadow to baby's tummy](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/from-the-meadow-to-babys-tummy?hsLang=en) ![Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hubfs/Mitarbeiter%20Fotos/C_PIC_inderbitzin_2018_Hochformat.jpg) By [Monique Inderbitzin](https://inside.hochdorf.com/en/from-the-meadow-to-babys-tummy/author/monique-inderbitzin?hsLang=en) - November 10, 2021 #### Contact Hochdorf Holding Ltd Siedereistrasse 9 Post office box 691 6281 Hochdorf Switzerland +41 41 914 65 65 [hochdorf@hochdorf.com](mailto:hochdorf@hochdorf.com) - - #### Site map - [Home](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/) - [Company](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/company/about-us/) - [Investors](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/investors/reports-presentations/) - [Media](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/media/press-releases/) - [Career](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/career/) - [Contact](https://hochdorf.com/en/contact/) #### Newsletter Subscription [![Subscribe to our newsletter](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3480252/53c6417d-812f-4360-94dd-d347bf4644b2.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3480252/53c6417d-812f-4360-94dd-d347bf4644b2) [![Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg](https://inside.hochdorf.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg.png?width=4167&name=Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg.png "Hochdorf_Logo_Quer_RGB_neg")](https://www.hochdorf.com/en) © Hochdorf Ltd [Privacy Policy](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/privacy-policy/)  I  [Imprint](https://www.hochdorf.com/en/imprint/)