2006-11-04 17:43:47 · 6 answers · asked by xandercycloptic 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Maybe. I'd say yes, actually. Bacteria do a lot, and without them many of your essential body processes would be inefficient.
As far as I can tell, bacteria break down certain products. I'm not sure which, where, and how, but I'm fairly certain they do. I guess it depends on how quickly the bacteria were restored, but I'm fairly sure they're essential for survival.
2006-11-04 17:57:08 · answer #1 · answered by Link 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That entirely depends on the environment that you were in while you were waiting for repopulation and how long it took. More than a few days and you would probably starve to death as bacteria in your gut help break down and absorb food. Bacteria on your skin also help keep out and kill foreign bacteria. What is most likely is that you would be reinvaded by a foreign bacteria and get sick, but i have no idea if you would die or not. it would not be a good situation, for bacteria do more for us than anyone knows. No one knows the full extent of what bacteria does for our bodies or how much we really depend on it.
2006-11-05 02:09:29 · answer #2 · answered by cero143_326 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This answer is in exobiology ,, and your government ,, the United States government is spending a few million gazetted as part of the space budget so that your immune system won't kill you instead !!
Whether you die or not depends on whether your immune responses could be shut down ,, or down sized to the equivalent pathological load. (In the first place , not everyone's immune get triggered to kill.)
The space programmes of other countries do not account for this.
If you read the national space expenditures article by article , you find that the US is unique in many counts!! The other country to watch is Japan.
The answer to your question is , NO. Not until your immune system seeks a new target in you. So , you shall be fine , until. Generally you will live.
BUT , the immune system doesn't begin until it has encrypted your molecular componentry. So when it begins , you cannot ,, stop it !! Or , at least , it remembers for a long time.
2006-11-05 02:59:24 · answer #3 · answered by wai l 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On your body, no. However, if all the bacteria in your gut died you would need to eat more calories to get the same amount of energy because bacteria help process your food. (This is what happens with germ-free mice raised under special laboratory conditions) You might also experience some diarrhea during repopulation. (This can occur after taking broad spectrum antibiotics like clindamycin which kill off normal gut bacteria).
2006-11-05 01:59:54 · answer #4 · answered by dmowen03 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um, yes.
If you mean the beneficial bacteria as well.
2006-11-05 01:58:19 · answer #5 · answered by Tiffany kate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2006-11-05 01:48:29 · answer #6 · answered by Biznachos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋