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What is the term for the microorganisms that inhabit the human body or live on its surfaces?
Normal flora
What role do normal flora play in the human body?
Aid the immune system in preventing infection, play a key role in various aspects of metabolism within the gastrointestinal tract, and are most likely necessary to survival
What is the consequence of the normal microbiota overgrowing in the bowels?
Clostridioides difficile (previously Clostridium difficile)
What is the delicate balance that the normal microbiota must maintain to remain helpful or benign?
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