GUT MICROBIOTA

• Identify the factors which affect the microbiota of the gastrointestinal tract

usually transferred from mother to child (if through NVD if there is a C-section this can mean that the microbiota is different)

environment

Drugs (proton inhibitors as an example)

antibiotics

Food (Prebiotics/probiotics)

• Explain the basic interactions of the microbiota with the body's immune system

the good bacteria in the body’s GIT secrete acid to produce an acidic environment, which bad bacteria do not like. usually the good bactreia in the stomach outcompete the bad ones, if you take antibiotics they may cause an imbalance in your gut microbiota which can cause emergence of bad bacteria that live normally in some peoples stomach’s at very low concentrations such as C.diff

• Extrapolate the effect of disturbances of the normal microbiota

explained above

• Explain the basis of the host-bacteria relationships in the gastrointestinal tract

3 good gut bacteria inc -

Lactobacilus