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Adaptation to the Microbial Environment

Linda A. Toth, Clark M. Blatteis

10.1002/cphy.cp040266

Source: Supplement 14: Handbook of Physiology, Environmental Physiology

Originally published: 1996

Published online: January 2011

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Relationships Between Microbes and Vertebrates
1.1 Commensal and Mutual Interactions: The Normal Flora
1.2 Parasitic Interactions
2 Antimicrobial Host Defense
2.1 Innate or Nonspecific Immunity
2.2 Acquired or Specific Immunity
2.3 Other Factors in Host Defense
3 Summary
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Linda A. Toth, Clark M. Blatteis. Adaptation to the Microbial Environment. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 14: Handbook of Physiology, Environmental Physiology: 1489-1519. First published in print 1996. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp040266