Shouldn't it be possible to breed those bacteria in a more neutral medium?

Also, where do they find donors for this treatment?

Eat shit and live

Fecal transplants are also used to cure IBDs.

The study of bacterial biomes will soon be as big and as medically significant as the study of genomes. There's good evidence to suggest that the radical changes in human bacterial biomes over the last 50 years resulting from anti-biotics and excessive hygiene may play a role in emerging problems such as obesity and food intolerance.

@3, it is indeed possible! Apparently a lot of people who would benefit from this don't do it because of hte "ick factor", ergo a "a robotic gut called RePOOPulate". http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2013…

We've gone from smell my finger to taste my finger.

I have worked for a living for 45 years, I have eaten enough shit to float the GOP platform. You get used to it.