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I read we have 1000s of kinds of bacteria in our body. do all the benign bacteria in us "get along" with each other? do they ever attack each other?
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They compete...: Just as weeds will try to take over a garden, the bacteria in our bodies compete with each other for territory and food.Some bacteria (and fungi) produce natural antibiotics to inhibit the growth of competing microbes. Most of the bacteria in our bodies are beneficial but some can seriously disrupt health, triggering autoimmunity etc. See http://tinyurl.com/j7r9qgl for detailed info on our flora.
Answered 5/11/2016
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