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Reply Fri 30 Sep, 2011 08:42 pm
Which refers to the"commensal bacteria" or " the bacteria causing the infections"? Or both?
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Since their discovery last century, antibiotics have served society well by saving tens of millions of lives. Too many individuals—including illustrious composers and writers such as Schubert, Mahler, Mozart, and Wilde—died prematurely in the pre-antibiotic era from bacterial infections that are now treatable. Antibiotics are called miracle drugs because they kill bacteria, and thereby cure people of potentially fatal infectious diseases. Antibiotics are also unique drugs, because they act not only on the bacteria causing the infections, but also on a myriad of commensal bacteria, which can then disseminate widely, creating a reservoir of resistant organisms.

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Reply Fri 30 Sep, 2011 10:31 pm
@oristarA,
commensal bacteria
oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 1 Oct, 2011 08:45 am
@fresco,
fresco wrote:

commensal bacteria


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oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 1 Oct, 2011 05:00 pm
a myriad of commensal bacteria = a variety of commensal bacteria?
JTT
 
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Reply Sat 1 Oct, 2011 05:05 pm
@oristarA,
Quote:
a myriad = a variety


They are synonyms, Ori, but myriad has a connotation of lots and lots of ... .
oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 1 Oct, 2011 06:34 pm
@JTT,
JTT wrote:

Quote:
a myriad = a variety


They are synonyms, Ori, but myriad has a connotation of lots and lots of ... .


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