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The intestinal tract must have been one of the original microbial ecosystems. Primitive bacteria ingested by early animals would have rapidly evolved to inhabit the many ecological niches provided by the intestine. The niche of particular interest is intestinal mucus. Due to the viscous nature of mucus, successful colonizers acquired a spiral/helical morphology and very active motility; this gave them a selective advantage over other bacteria as they were able to swim down and inhabit the intestinal crypts. The surfaces of the large bowel of most animal species are colonized with large numbers of these bacteria. Different morphological types of these organisms can been seen in different locations, e.g. caecum compared to colon. A collage of these bacteria in the intestinal mucus of a mouse is seen in Figure 1.
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Lee, A. (2000). Novel Helicobacter species in the intestine. In: Hunt, R.H., Tytgat, G.N.J. (eds) Helicobacter pylori. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3927-4_11
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