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NewsCommon airway bacterium may help prepare lungs to fight pneumonia, study finds
A study found that exposure to Prevotella melaninogenica, a type of bacteria commonly found in healthy airways, changed the behavior of immune cells in the lungs of mice. When the mice were later exposed to Streptococcus pneumoniae, a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia, their immune systems were better able to recognize, engulf and clear the bacteria.