On 01 Oct 2014, at 20:07, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List wrote:
Interesting evidence that not only do animals rely on symbiotic
microbiota for their health they actively assist their community of
helpful microorganisms by feeding them special sugars they make
during periods of illness to keep their beneficial flora and fauna
from dying off.
Nice.
Yes bacteria are quite useful, and too much hygiene can be bad by
hurting our micro-allies.
I read that the average human has ten kilogram of bacteria, and would
die if they were not there. There are 20 times more bacteria cells
than human cells in a human. A human cells is very plausibly a
descendent of a colony of bacteria (with the nucleus being perhaps a
descendent of a virus).
No life (form) is an island!
Nor is a number among the numbers ... :)
Bruno
Gut bacteria are protected by host during illness
Gut bacteria are protected by host during illness
To protect their gut microbes during illness, sick mice produce
specialized sugars in the gut that feed their microbiota and
maintain a healthy microbial balance. T...
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