Micro Ch 23

Microbiota or Microbiome

The colonizing microbes;varies with tissue type and various conditions
Skin
- dry, salty, acidic, protective oils
- Gram positive bacteria most common on skin (teichoic acid protects it)
Mouth microbiota
- highly colonized; teeth are a good colonizing enrivornment. Streptococcus mutans.
Lungs Microbiota
- sterile under normal circumstances
- Mucociliary escalator: cilia moves in a wave action to move mucos away from lungs to be expelled or swalled.
Stomach Microbiota
- Very few microbes
- Heliobacter pylori: burrows into protective mucous. Breaks down urea to CO2 and ammonia to create a higher pH around it.

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Micro Ch 23

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Material from Ch 23 for the OKstate course Intro to Microbiology

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