Sentences with phrase «more anaerobes»

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«These iron oxide import systems may be more important — and thus the redundancy — in the strict anaerobe,» said Ho.

Probiotics, on the other hand, are limited in that they can not contain anaerobic organisms, despite the fact that anaerobes make up 99 % of the more important bowel flora.

Yet when bacterial numbers in the duodenum of cats were first reported as up to 1 x 109 cfu / ml it was assumed that this was because cats were different, and that their carnivorous diet encouraged the growth of anaerobes, especially Clostridia, rather than the fact that the numbers actually reflected the true situation more closely because of better technique.

Development of clinical signs in these individuals probably depends on the nature of the bacterial population (for instance, colonization with anaerobes is more likely to result in signs) and the effect of the overgrowth flora on the local immune system.