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You could view this as the immune system calibrating the microbiome: the more microbes there are, the more strongly the immune system pushes back against them. Alternatively, you could say that the microbes are calibrating the immune system, triggering responses that create a suitable niche for themselves while pushing out their competitors. This latter view makes sense when you consider that many of our most common gut microbes have adaptations for coexisting with the immune system.
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by Ed Yong
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