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by CoastalCoder 942 days ago
Do we know if supplementing with a particular bacterium has a straightforward, corresponding effect in the gut flora?

I have no idea how complicated the gut / flora dynamics are in response to such a treatment.

E.g., maybe adding bacterium A triggers a die-off of bacterium B, and thus a population explosion of bacterium C, causing reduced diarrhea, leading to growth of D, causing inactivation of E, ...