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Not really. Anyway the genome of E. coli is extremely diverse, there is not really such a thing as "E. coli." And strain that colonizes your gut may not coloniz
by pazimzadeh 3y ago
Not really. Anyway the genome of E. coli is extremely diverse, there is not really such a thing as "E. coli." And strain that colonizes your gut may not colonize someone else's, or cause problems. But most living things can be opportunistic e.g. if your immune system is compromised.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y agoI stand corrected.
- pazimzadeh 3y agoWell, you're not totally wrong since the body does have several layers of defense to keep the bacteria in the intestine, and bad things happen when they break down: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0803124105 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0803124105 On the other hand the immune system selects for beneficial bacteria, which take up space and nutrients so that really harmful ones can't colonize: https://sci-hub.se/10.1038/nri3535 https://sci-hub.se/10.1038/nri3535; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05141-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05141-x