How does oxygen work in destroying harmful bacteria and what about the “beneficial” bacteria found in the human body?
Due to their cellular structure, all pathogenic (disease-causing) microbes give up electrons and die when exposed to oxygen-rich environments. Basically, the disease-causing microbes are anaerobic and thrive only in an environment deprived of oxygen. These include anaerobic bacteria, virus, yeast, fungus, mold and parasites. Beneficial microbes, however, are basically aerobic and thrive in an oxygen-rich environment.
