Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393615098
Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 23, Problem 3RQ
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The circumstances under which commensal organisms can cause a disease.
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The human body possesses normal microbiota that coexists in a mutually beneficial manner with the host. The commensal organisms share a relationship in which one of the organism derives benefits from the other without harming it. The immune system of the human body can effectively distinguish between the normal microbiota and foreign microbes in the body.
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Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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