Re: Probiotis/VSL3 aggrevating colitis?

> It's obvious to me that our digestive tract *is* populated mainly
> through our mouth via the foods that we eat. The diverse flora that is
> resident there didn't just materialize out of nothing. Which means
> that like it or not our stomach acid does not simply devour all the
> bugs we eat whether we consider them "good" or "bad".

Study finds healthy intestinal bacteria within chicken eggs

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/asfm-sfh052908.php

Study finds healthy intestinal bacteria within chicken eggs

The conventional wisdom among scientists has long been that birds
acquire the intestinal bacteria that are a necessary for good health
from their environment, but a new University of Georgia study finds
that chickens are actually born with those bacteria.

Lead author Adriana Pedroso said the finding, presented at the 108th
General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston,
could have im****tant implications for the poultry industry and for
food safety.

=93Understanding the microbial ecology of the developing chicken is the
first step toward producing healthy birds without antibiotics,=94 said
Pedroso, a post-doctoral researcher in the UGA College of Veterinary
Medicine.

Pedroso and her colleagues incubated more than 300 eggs and dipped
them into a light bleach solution before extracting the embryos using
sterile tools. DNA analysis revealed a diverse community of bacteria
within the intestines of the developing embryos. Pedroso and her
colleagues hypothesize that the bacteria penetrate the surface of the
shell to the egg white, which is then ingested by the developing
embryo.
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Luke