RE: Gut bacteria are protected by host during illness

['Chris de Morsella' via Everything List]

 

 

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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).  

 

One factoid that always amazes me is that there are at least fifty known
microorganism species that have co-evolved with us and are specialized in
living on.. Roll of the drums. human tooth enamel. Different microorganisms
for dog tooth enamel, horse tooth enamel and so on. Fifty species (and maybe
more we don't know about yet) in just this single highly specialized niche
inside our mouths.

Inside of us lives a veritable microorganism zoo.

 





 

No life (form) is an island!

 

 

Nor is a number among the numbers ... :)

 

J a number unrelated to any other number has no meaning at all.

Chris

 

 

Bruno

 

 





 

 

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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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