Correction: the-scientist.com
"Jonathan B. Britten" wrote: > > List, > > I highly recommend subscribing to this fine, free, online journal. Read > the current issue for a spendid overview of probiotics, including the > following, which makes on think about the complexity of any influence > that CS has -- and in my experience, CS can be quite helpful. But just > what is really going on? > > Probiotics Primer > > An adult body has about 10 trillion cells comprising 200 different > types, but bacteria greatly outnumber them. > Gerald Tannock, University of Otago, New Zealand, says the typical > adult body, inside and out, has 100 trillion > bacterial cells consisting of at least 500 species, not to mention > billions of viruses and fungi.5 Most microbiota, > also known as microflora, live in relative peace and harmony with > the body. Some aid digestion, act as a first line > of defense against invading pathogens, or help to keep the immune > system primed, says Tannock. Humans may > have ancient symbiotic relationships with many of them, and they > seem to operate as members of any > ecosystem do, competing with each other for nutrients, energy, and > habitats and actively repelling or deterring > invaders, he says. > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
