41 Host defenses Members of our normal commensal/mutualistic microbiome defend us from pathogens by all of the following EXCEPT (which is false?): competition for nutrients block attachment sites to human host cells O produce inhibitory metabolic waste products such as lactic acids decreasing oxygen consumption

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41 Host defenses
Members of our normal commensal/mutualistic microbiome defend us from pathogens by all of the
following EXCEPT (which is false?):
competition for nutrients
block attachment sites to human host cells
produce inhibitory metabolic waste products such as lactic acids
O decreasing oxygen consumption
Transcribed Image Text:41 Host defenses Members of our normal commensal/mutualistic microbiome defend us from pathogens by all of the following EXCEPT (which is false?): competition for nutrients block attachment sites to human host cells produce inhibitory metabolic waste products such as lactic acids O decreasing oxygen consumption
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The term immunity refers to the ability of a body to recognize, neutralize, and eliminate foreign substances or resist a particular infection. Immunity is basically classified into two types Innate immunity and adaptive immunity. Innate immunity is the inborn capacity of the body to resist pathogens. It includes various barriers like physical, anatomical, and phagocytic. 

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