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I stand corrected.

• pazimzadeh 3y ago
  Well, 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