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Bacteria Microbes - Articles
Bad Bacteria & Healthy Bacteria
by
Dr. Ellie Phillips
Posted
Sat 30 Jan 2010 12:00am
Dear Dr. Ellie:
I assume it's not necessary to brush teeth after every meal once the bad bacteria have been crowded out by the healthy ones and have taken residence... is of course a perfect ending to a meal - so brushing is not needed.
Plaque bacteria take 12 hours to grow on teeth - so brushing every 12 hours is enough.
More than this may do more
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Bad Bacteria & Healthy Bacteria
by
Dr. Ellie Phillips
Posted
Sat 30 Jan 2010 8:00am
Dear Dr. Ellie:
I assume it's not necessary to brush teeth after every meal once the bad bacteria have been crowded out by the healthy ones and have taken residence... is of course a perfect ending to a meal - so brushing is not needed.
Plaque bacteria take 12 hours to grow on teeth - so brushing every 12 hours is enough.
More than this may do more
Read on »
Bacterium 'to blame for Crohn's'
by
Healthy Solutions
Posted
Sun 29 Aug 2010 7:38am
BBC News
Researchers believe the lack of a specific bacterium in the gut may be a cause of Crohn's disease.
A shortage of naturally-occurring bacteria is thought to trigger the inflammatory gastrointestinal disorder by over-stimulating the immune system.
Now a French team has highlighted the bug, Faecalibacterium
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Benny Bacterium
by
f1000
Posted
Fri 17 Jun 2011 6:07am
diseases and medical education. He made a famous video of a neutrophil chasing down and engulfing a Staph aureus bacterium.
Here, in honour of them both and all things Friday
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