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Well, as a pathogen (god knows what is going on in our guts, or our skin, come to that) it is rare, as article says. I worked in an NHS microbiology lab in the
by zabzonk 2y ago
Well, as a pathogen (god knows what is going on in our guts, or our skin, come to that) it is rare, as article says. I worked in an NHS microbiology lab in the 70s and never came across one - probably wouldn't have known how to do so. One of our consultants might (he was obsessed with anaerobes) might have, but there are so many that might (or not) be associated with wounds that they are very hard to identify.
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoThey are talking about in in the gut, not on wounds. Morganella morganii has a commensal(maybe) relationship within the intestinal tracts of humans. It may be more pathogenic than we thought if it causes increases in IL6.
- zabzonk 2y agoalmost all bacteria and viruses (and most other things) have a commensal relationship with us, otherwise we would would have all be gone into grey goo. i wouldn't wory about our gut fauna.
- atombender 2y agoThey're commensal until they're not. About half the world's population have H. pylori living in their stomach, and most people are fine, but in many people it causes gastric ulcers.