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by aroch 4584 days ago
Phages will and do target E. Coli and other "pathogenic" bacterium that do in fact reside in your digestive system
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Exactly my concern. There are special (very expensive) bacterial supplements (e.g. Mutaflor) which reportedly help people with Colitis Ulcerosa and other inflammatory disease, and they are nothing other than special E. Coli strains. I wouldn't want a supplier to silently introduce something that can kill beneficial gut flora. This is the kind of stuff that lifestyle diseases are made of.