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Some bacteria can tolerate high salt, are well adapated to living on the skin surface.
Staphylococcus epidermidis , Staph. aureus . Smoking one cigarette paralyzes cilia for up to 4 hours, allows airborne junk to enter into lungs. Germ-free animals are much more sensitive to diseases from eating contaminated foods than animals with established microbiota. Bacteria that enter the urethra can move upwards, create a bladder infection. Illnesses in which urine flow is reduced often lead to bladder infection.