BIOL 2053 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Human Microbiota, Biofilm, Prokaryote
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Symbiosis : an association of two or more different species of organisations. Ectosymbiont : smaller organism is located on the surface another of. Endo symbiont smaller organism is located within another. In colon . interaction between microbes t hosts. Bacteria benefit from a safe a nutrient-rich home. I us ) benefits from bacterial function that aids digestion intestine t development of the hosts. , capillaries , immune system a brain . Human gut microbiome weighs about 2kg more than the brain filing ) ! Biofilm , interconnected microbial communities living in the mucus of host. Bacteria induce gut cells of host to make mucus and the host allows the bacteria to attach t thrive. Bacterial attach to small intestinal biofilm . produce waste products: coli make use of bacteria ides products. Appendix . acts as refugia - through survive unfavourable conditions. Gut bacteria can be inherited but the determined the by hosts community environment is.
