From what I know, that helpful bacteria is more situated in the GI tract rather than floating around the body.
However, it wouldn’t be a long shot to assume that helpful/neutral bacteria wouldn’t give off these chemicals that a pathogen would either since they aren’t exactly there to propagate selfishly.
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From what I know, that helpful bacteria is more situated in the GI tract rather than floating around the body.
However, it wouldn’t be a long shot to assume that helpful/neutral bacteria wouldn’t give off these chemicals that a pathogen would either since they aren’t exactly there to propagate selfishly.