Vinyl chloride, chloromethane and the banned pesticide DDT are examples of chlorinated hydrocarbons. Chlorinated hydrocarbons are organic molecules wherein chlorine has been substituted for some of...
Resident flora of certain areas plays a definite role in maintaining health and. normal function. Members of the resident flora in the intestinal tract synthesize. vitamin K and aid in the absorption of nutrients. On mucous membranes and. skin, the resident flora may prevent colonization by pathogens and possible. disease through âbacterial interference.â The mechanism of bacterial interference. is not clear.
The normal flora of humans consists of a few eucaryotic fungi and protists, but bacteria are the most numerous and obvious microbial components of the normal flora. Figure 1. Gram stain of a species of Micrococcus, commonly isolated from the skin and nasal membranes of humans. The predominant bacterial flora of humans are shown in Table 1. This table lists only a fraction of the total bacterial species that occur as normal flora of humans.