BIOL 2051 Chapter : Chapter 23 Microflora And The Immune System
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They can cause disease if they reach an abnormal location. Microorganisms usually having mutualistic relationships ph, moisture, personal hygiene, weather, age, the presence of other organisms. All they need is a surface breach like a surgical wound, and they can enter your body to make abscesses or gangrene like bacteroides. They can also make your immune system weak. They make vitamins, digest food, and prevent pathogens from colonizing. Your skin, mouth, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, and urogenital tract. They make up 90% of the microbial cells living in and on your body. Your eyes blink as a defense mechanism against microflora. Sometimes, s. epidermidis and some gram rods can temporarily infect your eyes. When you get pink eye, more than a few bacteria have infected your eye. Before you get your teeth, yeast and aerotolerant anaerobes such as streptococcus and lactobacillus are in your mouth. After teeth emerges, anaerobic areas between teeth and gums support anaerobes like prevotella and fusobacterium.
