> To some extent all the good bacteria set the stage for other good bacteria - producing as they do an acid environment and beneficial cofactors. Unfortunately this works for pathogenic bacteria/yeasts too which favour other pathogens by altering the terrain (alkaline ph, toxic cofactors).
JV.
This is the real mystery to me. In a healthy person, all of the "good" bacteria can die off, for example due to Antibiotics or someother outside force, but will soon regenerate almost automatically. Bad bacteria will not take over. What is different for people who end up on these lists? of course its probably more than one thing... and my hunch is, its the "terrain"... but i guess that doesn't really help much either does it.