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colonization

microbes live on or in the body without causing disease

infection

microbes get past host defenses and enter the tissue and multiply

disease

infection causes further damage to tissues and organs resulting in damage in normal body functions

mutualism

both organisms benefit, bacteria can help us digest food

commensalism

one organism benefits while the other is neither helped or harmed

microbial antagonism

normal microbiota prevent harmful microbes from growing or attaching at all

microbiota

the microbes that naturally live in and on our bodies

opportunistic pathogens

cause disease when immunity is weakened or when microbes enter an unusal body location

true pathogens

cause disease even in healthy people with normal immune system

endogenous infection

Infection comes from microbes already inside your body

exogenous infection

Infection comes from microbes outside your body