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Theories - Origin of Life
Discussion of everything related to the Theory of Evolution.
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I have tried to catch up with the postings, now I am not sure but is this the question you wish me to address.
I understand the logic of the argument and I have no problem with it.
This logic is perfectly acceptable.
The problem is in how the variation arises.
However I believe the question of definitions is important here.
According to berkley edu NS is described thus:-
So, to understand NS is it not first necessary to get clear what a mutation is and then determine how it is regarded as random, because it appears according to berkley edu, that all genetic variations are random.
What a mutation actually is, needs to be determined, since there are those who have a different description of mutations.
For instance Lindell Bromham, Centre for Macroevolution and Macroecology, School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia describes mutations this way
http://www.tempoandmode.com/wp-content/ ... oels08.pdf
Alan F Wright, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh, UK has this to say
http://evolution.unibas.ch/teaching/evo ... ations.pdf
It would be good if we can, as a start, agree on what we mean a mutation actually is.
My own understanding of mutation harmonises with the two descriptions I have cited ( Bromham and Wright) and not that of berkley edu.
So which definition do you understand to be the correct one?
Also when berkley edu sets out to describe what a Random mutation is, notice what it states
So therefore, before a mutation can be classified as random or not, (although berkley seems to suggest that all mutations are random) we have to determine what the needs are of the organism.
How then is that achieved?
Can you help out here?
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...I was hoping that you would address the entire post, not just one part of it.
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yes I intend to address your entire post.
But I do have to start somewhere don't I?
So can we agree on what each of us means when we use the term mutations. As I have demonstrated there are differing views on what constitutes a mutation.
The talkorigins essay by Richard Harter states that :-
This appears to agree with berkley edu.
I have given you my understanding, could you let me know what your understanding is, so at least we don't get to talk across each other.
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I can wait for you to finish; in attempting to devise answers, I think you will be able to get closer to resolving any confusion. I see no contradictions or "differing views" in any of the phrases you have quoted - for example, as you think, you might try to specifically identify what you think the difference is.
So, Origin of Life.
In order for a origin of membrane - much organic matter is not necessary - only the membrane lipids of different isoforms, it is necessary also to a weak emission core of the star created a flow of heat through the surface phase transition, and yet not interfere with a certain oscillation - vibration … In general, all this is difficult to discuss now, not yet studied the process of emergence and functioning in a natural cell membrane of this very … - Active situational model - a kind of natural intelligence and personality!! But when it all becomes clear, then we can speculate about the conditions and awakening him to the protostar, or on some planet out there.
So. Life has two interacting components. One component - natural intelligence. The second component - the polypeptide-nucleic technology - a self-contained database on DNA, which is implemented through the input-output - RNA into the polypeptide interface. What comes first? I believe that natural intelligence is primary, and polypeptide-nucleic technology - is secondary. In this sense, the theory of "Evolution of the primary replicators to Homo Sapiens" should be replaced by a theory of "Abiogenesis, and social development of the primary natural intelligence", which later created and developed polypeptide-nucleic technology. http://richarddawkins.net/articles/6435 ... egin#page4
But there is an interesting aspect! Scientists can learn everything you can observe and verify, and Theologysts - thinking about the else far that beyond the border of observable reality. Here, for example, the active situational model is on the cell membrane, and that this membrane? Interacting electromagnetic fields of electronic orbitals. Hence, the intellect - the active situational model in the electromagnetic field. And what is the electromagnetic field? What, in general, the continuum? Yeah … Theologians would say - it is a membrane of Spirit! Well, ok! It does not contradicts the rational science! http://spacenoology.agro.name/?page_id=5519
I adhere to the hypothesis that the engineering design occurred during the rare periods when the developed technological civilizations. This has happened very rarely. But for a very long interim periods ran the Darwin's Natural Selection, as well as Dawkins's His Majesty the Selfish Gene! At the same time created by the engineering design technologies were degenerative effects of natural selection. As a result of species to varying degrees, lose universalism, but due to hypertrophy of various technological relics specialize in different biological niches.
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Since you see no difference in the views I have presented, you have answered my question.
I can therefore move on and respond with perhaps more freedom than I had anticipated.
There are random mutations that rearrange the DNA of the cell. These mutations are invariably the result of copying errors, breakdown in regulating functions like error correction, and DNA damage from environment like from chemical or UV radiation sources.
There are also more mutations in DNA, by orders of magnitude, as a result of regulated cell processes, than those that are random in nature.
The random mutations that do occur are invariably deleterious to the organism and are quite naturally the subject of intense study to solve or prevent health problems like cancers.
Back in 1983 in her Nobel laureate lecture Barbara McClintock described various ways that an organism uses to respond to stress, among them by altering its own genome. This is what she said.
She ended her address this way
(my emphasis)
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/ ... ecture.pdf
It was also her foresight was actually quite remarkable.
For instance here then is an interesting review of some genomic changes(variations) found in nature. (1 December 2010)
http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v11/n ... g2883.html
note what it says
(again my emphasis)
I could ofcourse go on citing research after research paper endorsing these observations, if necessary.
The point I make is this.
The reality is that most genetic changes occur as a result of cellular processes in response to stress, damage and copying errors and are rectified in various ways, (I have not taken account of the developmental changes that occur) while most other mutations which for some reason not corrected, are deleterious to the organism.
I haven't even begun to talk about transposons and their part in genome restructuring. All these processes are under the control and regulation of the cell as it responds to stress and the maintaining of it's own equilibrium.
In the light of all this actual evidence (and with respect, not logic that you appear to rely upon) what does Natural Selection actually have to do?
Where are the functional phenotypes that random mutation is supposed to have produced in order for NS to select from?
It is no wonder that Darwin himself acknowledged he could recount no evidence for species change
by NS.
The reality is that NS has very eloquently described how species may survive but has nothing to say about how they arrived.
Molecular biology was the great hope in answering the question of arrival, but it is only confirming
what many have instinctively known, that this is not the answer.
Neo darwinism is stuck in the Neanderthal period of last century biology and (I am sorry to be blunt about this) no amount of huffing and puffing is going to alter that. (I am not suggesting that you are doing this, but others certainly are)
btw I use the term "evidently" meaning "According to the evidence available" a conclusion is drawn.
I won't go on to make this post any longer but I will continue with my response (i.e your third logic point that you feel is the most likely) in the next one.
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Sorry but the third possibility( the existing mutation) still has to deal with the actual issues of cell processes that researchers have identified and that I have already pointed to in my last post.
I suppose most things are possible, it is possible that pigs will fly, but is that what we are discussing here, possibilities?
I would argue not.
Yes of course it's an inference, that is what data does. It helps us to draw conclusions. Do not most research papers have a conclusion section.
Also I have not made any statement about populations without inversions.
You are right variations can happen quite fast.
However what is the data for "fins turning into legs" Please remember that this is also an "inference" but from what data is that inference drawn?
Darwin couldn't find it in his pre molecular days, hence my question again, what has changed since then?
The next part of your questions is a serious one that deals with probability theory so I will respond to that separately.
I should think that the frame shift mutation that resulted in bacteria that could metabolize the byproducts of nylon manufacture would be an example of this. As would be the several mutations that seem to confer immunity to HIV. Or the mutation that causes sickle cell anemia (my favorite example of how relative the terms "beneficial" and "deleterious" are - it all depends on the environment). Or are you arguing that these mutations were non-random events controlled by transposable elements?
If arguing with people on the internet helps me understand science, then I will do it. FOR THE CHILDREN.
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While I'm waiting for you to finish, I thought I would just clarify this:
Actually, I can't figure out what the views you have presented are. I only said that among the statements that you quoted, I did not see anything contradictory to my own understanding of mutations and natural selection. (And of course, I only hold one viewpoint - the commonly accepted scientific one. )
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scottie has difficulty communicating but has just the one view: everything is programmed by his god. So everything that enters his brain has to pass through the god filter. But at least he's learning, and education is a good thing. We can only hope that a day may come when, like looking at a Necker cube, everything will flip and he'll get it.
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Some parts of human population have a mutation to their hemoglobin. This is the protein in the red blood cell that carries oxygen. Often people from sub-Saharan African origins have two copies of this mutated gene, which leads to severe sickle cell disease.
Individuals with that disease suffer quite badly
However on the other hand, this trait is beneficial because it prevents the most severe symptoms of malaria, including death.
Now is sickle cell a random mutation, we actually don't know how it got into the human population but let's assume that it is.
Having two copies of the gene leads to severe sickle cell disease. Individuals with this disease suffer greatly.
Untreated this disease often leads to death.
Does it prevent them from succumbing to malaria.?
Well this trait can be beneficial to humans because it prevents the most severe symptoms of malaria, including death.
So the result is that people with this level of immunity from malaria because of carrying the sickle cell mutation are better off are they?
Do they not still have the problem of sickle cell disease?
And you refer to this as
Try convincing a sufferer of sickle cell of the cleverness of these so called relative terms.
The choice seems to be, suffer with malaria or sickle cell. I would call it being between a rock and a hard place for those unfortunate ones.
What on earth is favourable about having to have sickle cell disease to prevent contracting malaria?
Which way is Natural Selection working then?
And finally this supposed to be your favourite argument for NS selecting from random mutations to produce new species is it?
You need to try a bit harder.
Now I will deal with your other points but please get in the queue, I am still dealing with the AstraSequi questions. But rest assured I will get back to you.
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So the question therefore must be, how many chances does "enough" mean?
(no need to answer )
You are missing your own point here.
The problem is that the second mutation has by necessity, have to build on the first for some fitness function to begin to arise.
This is where your probability analysis falters.
Your analogy refers to the same mutation arising. (the point you are making for your analogy)
In order for an improved fitness/function to arise, the mutation must be different but also it has to add to the function of the previous mutation.
The probability for every mutation, by nature of it's randomness, has to start from scratch every time.
So by your analogy of a thousand generations, the progressive mutation towards fitness/function will not occur around a thousand times. It will be orders of magnitude more.
Also please remember that mutations are invariably deleterious to the organism.
Take for example the mutation that causes Cystic fibrosis.
As I understand it, this is a mutation caused by the deletion of three nucleotides. This is a fairly common mutation and deleterious, it is in the nature of most random mutations.
For NS to select for survival or "fitness" whatever that should mean, the mutation needs to be a positive one. Now since most of these mutations are deleterious, any positive one, has to not only evolve for greater fitness or function, but it also has to offset the downward pull of the many harmful mutations that are also taking place.
Your probability idea (although in terms of logic is possible) in reality is now far more remote than your simple calculation suggests.
Another thing to please keep in mind, these examples of random mutations provide evidence of what is termed micro evolution and in a negative way at that, the deterioration of the organism. (Nobody as far as I am aware denies that these changes take place.
The point is do these changes lead to new species formation.
And this of course leads to another related question.
What evidence do we have of the positive effects of any random micro evolutionary mutations?
I would ask, what evidence that the segmented nature of the body plan of the fruit fly has changed throughout it's existence, regardless of how rapid its generation time may be.
The body plan must be altered in some way for speciation to happen.
Recall Richard Lenskie's 22 year experiment with bacteria (I have covered this before). After over 50,000 generations in each of 12 populations (600,000 generations) no new species of bacteria arrived.
I don't know much about the Bonferroni correction, but on what you appear to have indicated, there is an obvious flaw in trying to connect this with biological mutation.
Your last sentence reveals the flaw.
This is with regard to the same thing happening again and again.
But for a new mutation to provide a positive outcome it must add to a previously positive one and in a positive way, to succeed. In other words ( as I have previously stated) it must be a different type of mutation.
Take the cystic fibrosis mutation (the 3 nucleotide deletion), it can repeat itself over many generations in a population, but it is the same mutation.
It doesn't add anything.
Also in addition to this one that I have cited, I am informed that there are some 200 other mutations of this gene that have been documented. So mutation of this gene is fairly common. Only a few lead to the severe form of this disease while others cause lesser problems, but, there are no beneficial results.
Systems biologists are increasingly recognising the robustness of cellular processes. Mutations (of all kinds) produce little phenotypic variation. If the mutation is serious enough the organism either becomes diseased or it dies.
Your roll of dice analogy simply does not apply.
Finally on what is the "scientific" view of mutations? Are they all random or are they also non random.
Let me answer since you appear to be somewhat coy over the subject.
Mutations originate both randomly, and also as a result of cellular processes, non randomly.
Actually the interjection by Luxorien moves this subject on a bit as he raised an interesting side to this discussion.
But before going on I am going to take a break.
Be back in the morning UK time.
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ELKHORN—The owner of the Smoke Shop in Delavan made his initial court appearance Thursday on various drug related charges, according to online court records.
The investigation into David S. Yarmo, 46, of 202 Spring Lane, Delavan, goes back to 2007, according to a Walworth County District Attorney's Office criminal complaint.
Yarmo is charged with: felony delivery of schedule I or II narcotics, second and subsequent offense; three felony counts of distribute hazardous substance, second and subsequent offense; and two misdemeanor counts of manufacture or delivery of drug paraphernalia. All occurred between September 2009 and April 2014.
Walworth County deputies participated in several controlled buys from the Smoke Shop, 127 Parker Place, since 2009, according to the criminal complaint.
Yarmo was selling smoking pipes, synthetic cannabis and "hazardous substances," among other things, the complaint states.
The "hazardous substances" had various names like "MJ Wild Cherry Aromatic Potpourri" or "High Ace Blueberry," according to the complaint. Both substances reportedly tested positive for a Schedule I controlled substance.
After two people came to the store and told Yarmo a person who smoked the substance had gone missing, Yarmo reportedly gave Delavan police, on March 31, 2014, 200 packages of substances he said "something illegal has been done with," according to the complaint.
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Your Views: Don't ignore violence carried out by Muslims
Where is the outrage over the persecution of Christians throughout the world?
Al-Shabaab, which claimed credit for the attack at the shopping mall in Nairobi, singled out non-Muslims for execution unless they immediately converted to Islam.
The next day, eighty-five Christians were slaughtered and 120 injured in Pakistan.
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Mets third baseman, starring in Classic, will cease activity for three to five days
By Anthony DiComo / MLB.com
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- David Wright's dream World Baseball Classic run turned out to be short-lived. Less than a week after the third baseman's proficiency in international play earned him the nickname "Captain America," Wright has seen his life descend into a string of medical examinations and injury uncertainty.
Wright will rest for the next three to five days, general manager Sandy Alderson said on Friday, after an exam by team doctors in New York revealed a moderate strain of his left intercostal. Though that timeline still gives Wright more than a week to prepare for Opening Day, it thrusts his availability for the opener in doubt.
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Wright, who was a late scratch from Thursday's Classic game because of the injury, will fly back to Florida on Saturday. Padres third baseman Chase Headley has already accepted an invitation to join Team USA in San Francisco for the semifinals, should the Americans advance.
In his only public comments since the scratch, Wright described bouts of discomfort severe enough to keep him awake at night. He said he had been experiencing the issue for the better part of a week.
Alderson noted that the Mets were unaware of Wright's injury until Thursday but stayed in contact with him up until minutes before first pitch of the U.S.-Dominican Republic game in Miami. Once the Mets learned of the situation, they asked doctors in Miami to re-examine Wright before ultimately deciding to hold him out of the game.
"I'm not sure exactly when this was first experienced, but he had hoped it would go away," Alderson said. "It didn't, and he felt the responsibility to deal with it. And when we were alerted, we took what we thought was the right course of action."
Wright, who batted .438 with a game-winning grand slam, two doubles, 10 RBIs, four runs scored and 12 total bases over his first four Classic games, leaned against the dugout rail for most of Thursday's game while Arizona's Willie Bloomquist started at third.
Alderson does not blame Wright for keeping quiet about his injury, which he said he first felt during Classic workouts in Arizona last week. Nor was manager Terry Collins particularly surprised when he first heard the news on Friday morning.
"David's a guy that doesn't overreact to things," Alderson said. "He's committed. When he makes commitments, he wants to execute on them, carry them out. I'm sure he felt a responsibility to Team USA, and this was a difficult development for him to accept. But in the final analysis, we felt this was the right thing to do."
"This guy played a month with a broken back two years ago," Collins said, referencing the stress fracture that forced Wright to the disabled list in 2011. "Anything he does doesn't surprise me. He's a tough kid. Real tough."
Still, Wright's history of core injuries is growing. In addition to the two months he sat out in 2011, Wright missed significant time last spring with a strained left abdominal muscle, an injury that ultimately required a cortisone shot.
Midsection injuries have plagued the Mets over the past calendar year, with Wright, Daniel Murphy, Jason Bay, Scott Hairston and Andres Torres all missing multiple weeks due to various strains.
This season is Wright's first since signing an eight-year, $138 million contract over the winter.
Should Wright's latest injury linger past Opening Day, Justin Turner and Zach Lutz are the obvious internal candidates to replace him. The Mets optioned top infield prospect Wilmer Flores to Minor League camp on Friday but have four others -- Turner, Lutz, Brandon Hicks and Brian Bixler -- with experience at the position.
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"I didn't hear about it until this morning, so I didn't exactly have the best breakfast in the world today," Collins said. "It was a little sour tasting today. But you've got to move on. You've got to get somebody else ready until he's ready to play."
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WHITEWATER—Property owners are being paid for their land as part of an upcoming project that will reconstruct some of Whitewater's most used intersections and streets.
Twelve property owners shared a lump some of $146,568 from the city for either the permanent acquisition of land or its temporary use, according to information provided by the city.
The properties are located along the East Gateway project construction route.
The project will reconstruct Milwaukee Street to Wisconsin Street to the three-way intersection with Whitewater and Main streets.
Property owner Dean Zweifel received $19,200 for what he said was 2,010 square feet of his property at 211 E. Main St.
The city plans on softening the corner along Main and Wisconsin streets and removing the access along Wisconsin Street. Traffic will only be able to enter along Main Street, Zweifel said.
The project has a $2.3 million budget and includes all land acquisitions and temporary use payments, said Wallace McDonell, city attorney.
The amount paid is based on appraisals completed by the city's appraiser and negotiations with individual property owners.
For example: If a property is valued at $100,000 and a portion is being taken for the project, reducing its value to $75,000, the owner would receive $25,000.
Permanent or temporary acquisitions are normal with construction projects, McDonell said.
By law, the city must compensate property owners or the use of their property during construction. It also must compensate owners in order to acquire property.
Five payments of $1,000 were given to property owners along East Main and South Wisconsin streets. The $1,000 payments are temporary limited easements, or temporary use of the land.
Temporary property could be "a few square feet" used to store equipment during construction, McDonell said.
He also said it is "pretty minimal use" on easements but that it "could go on for a few months," and owners need to be compensated.
In the past two weeks, the city finished paying the owners, he said.
The city does not have a specific start date for the project, Christopher McDonell, assistant city manager, wrote in an email. Once it begins, it is expected to last six months, he said.
"In the contract, we will only specify completion dates: substantial completion is September 12, 2014, final completion is September 30, 2014," McDonell wrote.
Substantial completion is defined by when cars can use roads and streets and when lights and signals are working. Final completion is when the entire project, including landscaping, is complete.
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Danielle Frawley, vice president of marketing and communications for Fort Community Credit Union, said communication with the city has been going well.
The credit union, 208 E. Milwaukee St., will lose about 300 square feet to 450 square feet of green space at the corner of Wisconsin and Milwaukee streets. The credit union was paid $20,600.
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Zweifel said his overall experience with the city and the project also has been positive.�
"I think it was pretty good," Zweifel said. "They contacted me and told me what they were doing and made an offer I thought was fair and reasonable, and I accepted."
At a Tuesday city council meeting, the council approved a bid with Forest Landscaping & Construction, Lake Mills. The contractor's bid was the lowest of three and came in at about $1.8 million.
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Samantha Knight saw $1,000 in cash left behind in a booth where she was waiting tables, but unfortunately the person who had been sitting there had already left her Punta Gorda, Florida, restaurant. She tried to return to a man who was about to leave the restaurant, but it turns out that wasn't the right customer.
The interaction was caught on the Laishley Crab House surveillance camera, and when the man who took the $1,000 saw himself on the news a few days later, he came back to the restaurant to return the money. Knight told NBC-2 how the man explained himself: "He said, 'I'm from Delaware. The money was in my wallet underneath other stuff. I'm in town buying stuff, so I had that much money.' … He sounded very sincere. He gave me another hundred dollars on top of that for my troubles."
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JANESVILLE—A proposed gas station on Janesville's south side was approved by the city plan commission Monday despite protests of neighbors.
The nearest residential neighbor and some nearby business owners said a 16-pump corporate gas station could put nearby gas stations, a tobacco store and liquor store out of business.
The proposed Casey's General Store would sell beer and wine.
Center Avenue already has four gas stations within a half mile of the proposed site, said Dawn Renee Penn of 906 Joliet St.
The Casey's will be built on a lot at the corner of Center Avenue and Joliet Street, which is vacant except for a residential-style garage that would be razed, according to city a memo.
The 2.12-acre site is zoned B3, general commercial. Plan commission approval was required for a conditional-use permit for the gas station.
"This corner needs business, but what it needs is something that will not take any sales from existing businesses," said Dash Patel, owner of the Exxon station in the same block as the proposed Casey's, in a letter to the commission.
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Also raised were motor- and foot-traffic concerns. The Casey's would be next to a fire station and near a walking route for schoolchildren.
Commission member Doug Marklein said he knows of three east-side gas stations that have been holding their own in close proximity for years. He suggested customer service would determine where customers would go.
The city community development staff recommended approval. Business competition is not one of the criteria that must be addressed for the conditional use permit, said Duane Cherek, planning services manager.
The vote to approve the Casey's was 5-0.


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The Fiber Disease
Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Medicine. Anything human!
Moderator: BioTeam
Oh yeah:
Look at these suckers move:
Right where the CONTROL CENTERS ARE:
http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/fu ... /9357/FIG1
There will be more
Not from agrobacterium then it has to be this:
Gene control:
http://www.neuromics.com/ittrium/visit? ... 1y1x10b5x1
buying and selling of genes The new dot com business. EXCELLENT!
http://www.neuromics.com/ittrium/visit? ... x1y1xe31x1
Passive agressive
I presume this is a no. I already told you in a PM why he needs money as does Randy Wymore. But if your way of saying no is to say he does not need it..so be it. Just for a hint: That is called passsive agressive behavior.
During the End Times, Good will battle Evil. Where do you stand?
I said this way back when this fiber strand was shut down and we had that 14 page other one open......that I predicted Salmonella would play a role in our disease.....I think I'm right. I had remembered when Sue from Lymebusters was telling us what all Josh was diagnosed with.
Well, I just read that yes, there is a protein in Salmonella that: 1. is STEALTH and 2. it multiplies in the macrophages......(in other words, they are causing our immune system not to function properly. You guys, this is just like Jill said...."It is rather Layered!" I do not think this agrobacterium Ti is the biggest cause, although it is significant.
So, it's the isolated protein they (the biotech A-holes) used that is also doing some damage. I will try to look it up and post the name of it later.
So you want to know where one should focus their studies of this disease?
Carbon sequastration, Plasmas, wastewater, uranium.
Here you go, it's Princton Prettys doing a bad-A Plasma Lab **NOTE the name GOVERNMENT in the hyperlink below???? HUH???? Yes the US friggin warped ARSE gov't. They make me sick.......example
"Well Mr. US Gov't, why did the US not drop rations via helicopters to the dying individuals in New Orleans during the Hurricane Katrina Horror?
" WELL Mr. Interviewer that is a good question, and the simple answer is THE FACT THAT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE SITUATION DOWN THERE....'' >>>>>>BIGGEST COP-OUT IN HISTORY.....THE F-STICKS SUCK ROCKS.
Also, here is what they don't want us to find out......I think it will become more important than the Agrobacterium. It is:
Rhodobacter sphaeroides,
it is a microbe that grows under a variety of conditions using a variety of electron acceptors. Its diverse abilities include metal reduction, nitrogen fixation, and the assimilation of carbon dioxide. Additionally, R. sphaeroides can produce abundant amounts of hydrogen, which could potentially prove to be a source of renewable energy. Many of these abilities are linked to R. sphaeroides' photosynthetic apparatus.
So do some googling on sphaeroides and let's see what we can get.....I also said coal would be involved>>>just had a deep feeling that was what was behind those damn black specs that all kept saying chiton......bullshit, if it was anything like that it would have been lichon. (sp?)
Well I think I may have been correct (re: Coal) but do not know for sure/// what? It';s FLY ASH!!!!
order up!
U.S. Pat. Nos.
5,225,539; 5,530,101; and 5,585,089),
veneering or resurfacing??????????????????
Completely human antibodies which recognize a selected
epitope can be generated using a technique referred to as
"guided selection." In this approach a selected non-human
monoclonal antibody.
The activation of a death-domain receptor.
The invention may be associated with heterologous
polypeptides, heterologous nucleic acids, toxins, or prodrugs
via hydrophobic, hydrophilic, ionic and/or covalent
interactions. In one embodiment, the invention provides a
method for the specific delivery of compositions of the
invention to cells by administering polypeptides of the
invention (including antibodies) that are associated with
heterologous polypeptides or nucleic acids.
A nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin may be
chemically synthesized primers hybridizable to the 3' and
5' ends of the sequence may then be cloned into replicable cloning vectors using any method well known in the art.
It is engineered so that the cleavage recognition site is
located near the 5' end of the mRNA; i.e., to increase
efficiency and minimize the intracellular accumulation of
non-functional mRNA transcripts.
As in the antisense approach, the ribozymes of the invention
can be composed of modified oligonucleotides (e.g. for
improved stability, targeting, etc.) and should be delivered to
cells which express polypeptides of the present invention in
vivo. DNA constructs encoding the ribozyme may be
introduced into the cell in the same manner as described above
for the introduction of antisense encoding DNA. A preferred
method of delivery involves using DNA reconstruct
"encoding" the ribozyme under the control of a strong
constitutive promoter, such as, for example, pol III or pol II
promoter, so that transfected cells will produce sufficient
quantities of the ribozyme to destroy endogenous messages
and inhibit translation. Since ribozymes unlike antisense
molecules, are catalytic, a lower intracellular concentration is
required for efficiency.
Antagonist/agonist compounds may be employed to inhibit
the cell growth and proliferation effects of the polypeptides of
the present invention on neoplastic cells and tissues.
The present invention further includes an expression vector
comprising phage operator and promoter elements operatively
linked to a polynucleotide of the present invention, called
pHE4a. (ATCC Accession Number 209645, deposited on Feb.
25, 1998.) This vector contains: 1) a
neomycinphosphotransferase gene as a selection marker, 2) an
E. coli origin of replication, 3) a T5 phage promoter sequence,
4) two lac operator sequences, 5) a Shine-Delgarno sequence,
and 6) the lactose operon repressor gene (lacIq). The origin of
replication (oriC) is derived from pUC19 (LT1, Gaithersburg,
Md.). The promoter sequence and operator sequences are
made synthetically.
The polypeptides of the present invention are preferably fused
to other proteins. These fusion proteins can be used for a
variety of applications. For example, fusion of the present
polypeptides to His-tag, HA-tag, protein A, IgG domains, and
maltose binding protein facilitates purifications. (See Example
5; see also EP A 394,827; Traunecker, et al., Nature, 331:84
86 (1988)) The polypeptides can also be fused to heterologous
polypeptide sequences to facilitate secretion and intracellular
trafficking (e.g., KDEL). Moreover, fusion to IgG-1, IgG-3,
and albumin increases the halflife time in vivo. Nuclear
localization signals fused to the polypeptides of the present
invention can target the protein to a specific subcellular
localization, while covalent heterodimer or homodimers can
increase or decrease the activity of a fusion protein. Fusion
proteins can also create chimeric molecules having more than
one function.the polynucleotide constructs are administered as
naked polynucleotides via electroporation. However, the
polynucleotide constructs may also be administered with
transfection-facilitating agents, such as liposomes, viral
sequences, viral particles, precipitating agents, etc. Such
methods of delivery are known in the art.this example, the
plasmid shuttle vector pA2 is used to insert a polynucleotide
into a baculovirus to express a polypeptide. This expression
vector contains the strong polyhedrin promoter of the
Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV)
followed by convenient restriction sites such as BamHI, Xba I
and Asp718. The polyadenylation site of the simian virus 40
("SV40") is used for efficient polyadenylation. For easy
selection of recombinant virus, the plasmid contains the
beta-galactosidase gene from E. coli under control of a weak
Drosophila promoter in the same orientation, followed by the
polyadenylation signal of the polyhedrin gene. The inserted
genes are flanked on both sides by viral sequences for
cell-mediated homologous recombination with wild-type viral
DNA to generate a viable virus that express the cloned
A typical mammalian expression vector contains a promoter
element, which mediates the initiation of transcription of
mRNA, a protein coding sequence, and signals required for
the termination of transcription and polyadenylation of the
transcript. Additional elements include enhancers, Kozak
sequences and intervening sequences flanked by donor and
acceptor sites for RNA splicing. Highly efficient transcription
is achieved with the early and late promoters from SV40, the
long terminal repeats (LTRs) from Retroviruses, e.g., RSV,
HTLVI, HIVI and the early promoter of the cytomegalovirus
(CMV). However, cellular elements can also be used (e.g., the
human actin promoter).
The engineered fibroblasts are then injected into the host,
either alone or after having been grown to confluence on
cytodex 3 microcarrier beads. The fibroblasts now produce the
protein product. The fibroblasts can then be introduced into a
patient as described above.
Don't take this the wrong way, but "I love you man!"
Good one. I'm in pain today...legs hurt v.bad at the top of inner thigh. Feels like glands are swollen. Blah,blah my miserable life goes on.....
and on.....oh God, how long do you think we have Nadas? Skytroll, what's your take on it? I mean 9 months or 2-4 years, or 15 years?
I really would like you guys opinions. Hey Nad, please answer back and be v.honest- I can take the worst, b/c I have already thought that
these last two months. I also wanted your opinion on this....is there anything one can do to reverse it? I mean there is out there something called virus inactivations.....and Nadas, say you knew the answer to that and it was a vehement NO, then do you think there is anything to do
to prolong whatever time we have left? Like, of course (hypothetical here) AIDS the first batch they made up, well, we know that lifestyle choices and so on will indeed benefit one in this area....but from my reading, if this goes (or finally test positive for) what I think it will be-which is multifocal leukoencephalapathy, then there is nothing that can be done. It is a v.progressive, incurrable AIDS.....WE NEED TO THINK OF A NEW ACRONYM FOR AIDS LIKE : A-HOLES, IDIOTS & DELUSIONAL SCIENTIST........YEAH, THAT WORKS. HAH.
HEY, I'M SORRY TO ALL TO BE SO VOCAL ABOUT MY LOVE OF MY COUNTRY, I MEAN THAT TOO. LET'S JUST SAY I WISH I WOULD HAVE SAID I DO NOT CARE FOR THE WAY GOV'T ARE RAN. I MEAN, I HATE OUR SOLDIERS FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING OVER THERE BUT I LOVE THEM AND CARE FOR THEM AS WELL. I KNOW THAT THEIR COMMANDERS G.I. JOE Bosses told them to go kill and that there were no rules....okay, sad, so snap snap...."subject change"
Let's see......I miss TAMTAM does anyone else? TAMTAM are you okay?
Please just drop in and say something stupid sounding (although it won't be stupid, it will just sound like it) PLEASE????
And TamTam, I may not be posting here after I finish reading some great new documentation I have found-it may take me a week to read all of it. If so, then that is when I will decide, but since I'm talking to you/about you right now, I just wanted to go ahead and say that I'm very grateful for everything you have done for us. I mean that too. You only made me wanna slap you once or twice for confusing me with uranium or the bird flue or antibiotics to the animals??? and you would not say yes or no if those 3 were involved or not. But hey, I think they all were / are involved. I also got weirded out when they said the Morg Research foundation was a farce and right afterwards> maybe 2 weeks later I heard you and Mary L were buds.....well, it was most confusing. Not that she has done anything wrong, hell, I dunno. I certainly have not seen any proof. so thanks again TamTam, I love you man too!
I'm gonna do a you: The fibers are a stray target that will differentiate.
Nota Bean. Fibers are a product of pretome. Fibers are quoram sensing.
The target represents a fusion of a mayor parasitic protozoa including multiple mammal gene in-put and multiple insect cell in-put.
Silk worm is not excluded.
Lepidoptera is dominant in culture.
The target is brought in culture.
Observation is based on about 180 cultures.
Multiple gene expression synomymous with multi lineage differentiation is fact: thus stem cell related.
This dominant type gene expression in the form of a semi autonomous and sensing fiber is in fact a break away group cell.
A variant form (a re- combination)
Lepidoptera is one dominant gene in-put
Its overall character is in-between plant(cellulose) and insect (chitin)cell.
Hence multi lineage differentiation synonymous with stem cell related.
Fibers show in-between behavior like:
"plant cell that think they are insect cell"
All elements are quorum sensing
All elements differentiate
Its intermediate stage resembles a (quorum sensing) transparent gel (agar) that actually constitutes a protoplasm and indeed this protoplasm may be loaded with plasmids
(vector in the form of virus or DNA mimicking protein)
This feat may indicate DNA transfer.
Multi lineage differentiation is fact.
Fibers constitute protein most resembling cellulose.
Specks are chitin like polymers
keywords: insect cuticle/ sensillae/ artificial skin
Colors of the fibers relate to the colored wing pattern of lepidoptera.
Actually fibers constitute variants with a semi parasitic nature.
The systemic disease you suffer from is caused by a set commensal resembling quorum sensing made micro organisms.
Its base architecture is a cyanobacterium fused with a mayor parasitic protozoa
(to include cyclical and variant glycoprotein properties)
Multiple dominant gene expression can be observed in culture.
Also random re-combination is fact.
Re-combinations represent variant.
Fibers are variant
(novel plant/ insect like cell)
Hence; multi lineage differentiation is fact.
Multi lineage differentiation is in particular stem cell related. Also quorum sensing is a stem cell like property hehehe......those were my favorites.....I did not know what in the hell you were talking about. Now, I kind of do. I have learned a lot this past miserable year and I'm most appreciative of you. You know what else? About 4-5 months ago, I came to the conclusion that you were just trying to throw us off- distact us, now, well now I believe every word of what you are saying.....about the micro organism anyway.....I do but I just have a new perspective on it now. It must be from the fusions that they made this lil bitch. I 'm assuming (and yes, I know, it's stupid to "assume") but I am anyway and that is maybe that it is the synthetic beast from hell created from a simulator.??? HUH? Damn, won't you give me that much info before you go and I croak- won't you Tam? I have been your best student (I think) so go ahead then, tell me........ I miss you already. How come the other of your followers are not filing law suits? Well, maybe they are.
Tam, one last thing, You think we would have a better chance if we grouped together, yeah right? Well, if we did not and went solo, do you think that there is no way a law suit would have a chance then?
Bye........My lil TAMTAM........
Look, to all guilty parties that may read this board here, I'm tired of strring up problems and saying mean things, I'm very ill. If I quit the namegame (and I really have not even warmed up), will someone in your secret robotic,space, cloning, electrical grid and wastewater fraternity, please tell us what will help us in the biggest of ways? don't say use this oil or take this herb......i'm talking like will that oxygen thing help? Tam said no (I think he did, could be mistaken here) or, what about that blood recirculating /cleansing thing.....kind of like Magic Johnson did. Will that help?
Look, I'm being truthful, I'm sorry if I have said things about your organization but one thing, I did not lie.....My intentions are not to hurt and destroy/or cause waves but dammit, I'm so ill. Please, I beg of someone to just email or PM me or hell, post it here. I will give this another week. Have a heart for a day Biotech Monsters, okay?
And, maybe I was wrong, maybe those three forums I have been affiliated with are not all in cahooots together.......I don't know and don't care to find out anymore......I just need to know basically if rthe above things( treatments/thereapies) will do any good or not (or any other recommendations, And I really do need to know a time span I have left.
I am completely broken now and hate to w/draw the only money I have left (My retirement money) if there is a chance this will let us live another 10 years or so. Please, someone tell us?
I will take a polygraph test and state that I will not ever post again if I get the above things answered.
And Randy, no offense, I promise, but I still stand by what I said this disease def. caused......b/c I used a very wide, but correct name for it (which encompasses a lot) when I said a MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE> a dimyelation of the neural sheath.......in other words it could also be called one of the X-Diseases.......this is very layered......the outcome of what we have........dementia, bad plasma, r arthritis, genes translocation and friggin branches of a gdamn plant coming out ofmy bicep!
Hey, Biotech person that I just know is going to give us some pointers: " tell me about shower filters?" So we need a certain kind? Please disclose.
Per your request, I went Googling-
Found the link below but can not open the Zip files- one of which interest me a great deal- "draft analysis- Oak Ridge Nat'l lab". Ah well.
Rhodobacter sphaeroides
The bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides, shown here undergoing cell division,belongs to the a-subdivision of the Proteobacteria. This group of bacteria are among the most metabolically diverse organisms known, being capable of growing in a wide variety of growth conditions. For example, R. sphaeroides possesses an extensive range of energy acquiring mechanisms including photosynthesis, lithotrophy, aerobic and anaerobic respiration. It can also fix molecular nitrogen, synthesize important tetrapyrroles, chlorophylls, heme, and vitamin B12.
It has extremely facile methodologies for genetic manipulations, gene transfer, genetic analyses, chromosomal mobilization, etc. In addition, R. sphaeroides 2.4.1 has been shown to detoxify a number of metal oxides and oxyanions and is the subject of ongoing studies on bioremediation. R. sphaeroides 2.4.1 is also the first free living bacterium known to utilize the regulatory systems associated with quorum-sensing. Other recent findings reveal that the methods of motility and environmental sensing in relation to bacterial taxis, and movement in R. sphaeroides, are unique both genetically and physiologically. This organism also possesses a number of traits and characteristics which show interesting similarities to those of the mammalian mitochondrion.
end excerpt
I can see where this would be handy to use for a variety of reasons.
Like yourself, I believe there are a number of variables involved in this disease. As I said, it seems to be layered.
IMO, the Mycoplasma is the catalyst- all else follows;
Below is a post I made on a board some time ago-
I've been reading the research of Boyd Graves and I think he is on to
something here. The only point where I disagree with him
is in the area of the 'target'. I believe this scourge to be equal opportunity.
The images that he presents of Mycoplasma fermentans incognitus- found
in the liver
of a person with AIDS- prove the origin of the disease.
Since reading the work of Garth Nicolson years ago, I've come to understand the
origin of much of what we
term 'emerging diseases'. It all goes back to the mycoplasma.
According to Dr. Shyh Ching Lo, the infectious agent of
HIV is a "new" strain of
pathogenic mycoplasma, with "special" biological properties for escape
of immune surveillance.
If what we say is true, then we should be able to compare E.M. photos
of ESP-1 virus and
Mycoplasma fermentans incognitus and find a perfect match. The 1971
ESP-1 E. M. Photo is located
at Nature New Biology, Volume 232, pp. 140 – 142, and issue 31. To
compare with HIV E. M.
photos. See, Science, January 1985, Volume 227, pp. 173 – 177.
end excerpt
http://www.stewartsynopsis.com/death_by ... e_from.htm
Fair use
Keeping in mind our information re: the many applications of
mycoplasma, the link
below by Boyd Graves is very informative- confirming actually.
http://crm.ncmonline.com/news/view_arti ... bf6e203e68
A bit of good news, some are making headway with HIV/AIDS. Dr Antelman for one- Silver is at the heart of the healing protocol.
I do not believe that I have HIV/AIDS, but I do believe that if you are DX'd with any of the "Emerging Diseases", you are on your way.
Out of many, ONE.
My DX was Fibro- also I have Osteo ( I call it Lyme arthritis). Then, there is the prolapsed mitral valve - that is new in the last 10 years. New to me, that is.
As I stated, the Myco (Fermentans incognitus- meaning man-made) is present in all of us- according to Dr Maurice Hilleman, chief virologist for the pharmaceutical company
Merck Sharp & Dohme (see below):
The Linking Pathogen in Neurosystemic Diseases
Several strains of mycoplasma have been "engineered" to become more
dangerous. They are now being blamed for AIDS, cancer, CFS, MS, CJD
and other neurosystemic diseases.
Extracted from Nexus Magazine, Volume 8, Number 5 (August-September 2001)
PO Box 30, Mapleton Qld 4560 Australia. [email protected]
Telephone: +61 (0)7 5442 9280; Fax: +61 (0)7 5442 9381
From our web page at: http://www.nexusmagazine.com
(c) by Donald W. Scott, MA, MSc (c) 2001
The Common Cause
Medical Research Foundation
190 Mountain Street, Suite 405
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3B 4G2
Tel/fax: +1 (705) 670 0180
A Common Disease Agent Weaponised
There are 200 species of Mycoplasma. Most are innocuous and do no
harm; only four or five are pathogenic. Mycoplasma fermentans
(incognitus strain) probably comes from the nucleus of the Brucella
bacterium. This disease agent is not a bacterium and not a virus; it
is a mutated form of the Brucella bacterium, combined with a visna
virus, from which the mycoplasma is extracted.
The pathogenic Mycoplasma used to be very innocuous, but biological
warfare research conducted between 1942 and the present time has
resulted in the creation of more deadly and infectious forms of
Mycoplasma. Researchers extracted this mycoplasma from the Brucella
bacterium and actually reduced the disease to a crystalline form. They
"weaponised" it and tested it on an unsuspecting public in North
Dr Maurice Hilleman, chief virologist for the pharmaceutical company
Merck Sharp & Dohme, stated that this disease agent is now carried by
everybody in North America and possibly most people throughout the
Despite reporting flaws, there has clearly been an increased incidence
of all the neuro/systemic degenerative diseases since World War II and
especially since the 1970s with the arrival of previously unheard-of
diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome and AIDS.
According to Dr Shyh-Ching Lo, senior researcher at The Armed Forces
Institute of Pathology and one of America's top mycoplasma
researchers, this disease agent causes many illnesses including AIDS,
cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, Crohn's colitis, Type I diabetes,
multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Wegener's disease and
collagen-vascular diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and
Dr Charles Engel, who is with the US National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland, stated the following at an NIH meeting on February
7, 2000: "I am now of the view that the probable cause of chronic
fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia is the mycoplasma..."
(note- lab doc's confirm that Bb (Lyme pathogen) and Chronic Fatigue pathogen look the same under the scope)
I have all the official documents to prove that mycoplasma is the
disease agent in chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia as well as in
AIDS, multiple sclerosis and many other illnesses. Of these, 80% are
US or Canadian official government documents, and 20% are articles
from peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of the American
Medical Association, New England Journal of Medicine and the Canadian
Medical Association Journal. The journal articles and government
documents complement each other.
How the Mycoplasma Works
The mycoplasma acts by entering into the individual cells of the body,
depending upon your genetic predisposition.
You may develop neurological diseases if the pathogen destroys certain
cells in your brain, or you may develop Crohn's colitis if the
pathogen invades and destroys cells in the lower bowel.
Once the mycoplasma gets into the cell, it can lie there doing nothing
sometimes for 10, 20 or 30 years, but if a trauma occurs like an
accident or a vaccination that doesn't take, the mycoplasma can become
Because it is only the DNA particle of the bacterium, it doesn't have
any organelles to process its own nutrients, so it grows by uptaking
pre-formed sterols from its host cell and it literally kills the cell;
the cell ruptures and what is left gets dumped into the bloodstream.***
end excerpt
*** could this be the fibers ??? the dead cells?
Or is there another step in the process?
Perhaps fungus/parasites drawn to the individual (QS) with the above condition/s- the additional or new pathogens are also Bioengineered- such as London's Wolbachia wasps/ticks/bees/mice/etc- and add a new dimension ? Maybe the combinations causes the cellulose fibers?
Back to the good news:
Harvard researcher Gerhard Scheuch stated that nasal inhalation of a
simple saline spray can stop the flu virus and tuberculosis dead in
their tracks. For reasons perhaps best known to Merck and others, this
potentially life-saving information did not receive wide distribution
in the popular press.
http://www.curesnaturally.com/Articles/ ... sc145.html
The basics can help- salt- in so many forms.
J Jill
"When you dine with the devil, bring a long spoon."
Re: Hey guys
Still doing your mentors dirty work I see. Calling the very person who is responcible for so much recognistion (for your cause I should remind you) a lier. Trying to appear 'united' and helpful while It's evident there is no support from yall in this area so why have people email? Harrasement maybe? So highschool really, but I guess it makes yall feel BIG and important? Thing is, Miss Christy K B. you and your mentors ongoing childish tactics are actually quite helpful. This ain't highschool anymore.
My heart goes out to you and others.
I did some searching...
Brazil is where a lot of "amazing new things" come from. We should be up on it.
The Federal Government decided to expand the genome project at the national level and launched the Brazilian Genome Project (Dec. 2000)
-Part of the National Program of Biotechnology and Genetic Resources (R$250 m)
-Comprises a network of 25 sequencing laboratories
-Objective: to sequence the genome of
Chomobacterium violaceum
-abundant... in the waters of the Amazon Region
-opportunistic human pathogen (infection is fatal)
-produces violacein of trypanocidal and antibiotic activity***
-Produces a polyester similar to propylene and polyethylene***
from Brazil...
http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... D%26sa%3DG
Of the biological point of view, the importance of the microorganism is related its capacity to
>>>>produce polymers with characteristic of polypropylene (plastic), <<<<
with a great advantage: to be biodeagradável. "The knowledge of the genoma of the bacterium will be able to assist the production of this type of plastic in bigger amount for applications in medical and odontológicas próteses", exemplifica the Tânia teacher. Already in the biotechnological area, studies come showing that the bacterium is capable to hold back metals heavy.
(that was a translation)
They do move....
They are motile. They are aerobic and facultatively anaerobic.
they do have color...
The violet pigment violacein is produced by many strains. Other related genera may be
Janthinobacterium and Iodobacter.
Chromobacterium Species Profiles
Click Here
Species Profiles
These are Gram-negative, non-sporing non-acid fast small rods or coccobacilli (0.6-0.9µm x 1.5-3.0µm), which exhibit bipolar staining. They are motile. They are aerobic and facultatively anaerobic. They are oxidase-positive and catalase-positive. The violet pigment violacein is produced by many strains. Other related genera may be Janthinobacterium and Iodobacter.
Chromobacterium: There is currently only one species recognized within this genus; C. violaceum. It is motile with a single polar flagellum and up to four antigenically and structurally distinct lateral flagellae. It is a facultative anaerobe with a growth range from 15-40°C. Optimal growth is achieved at 30-35°C It charactistically produces violet colonies on nutrient agar. It can reduce nitrate to nitrite and carbohydrates can be fermented. It will grow on ordinary media. The GC content of the DNA is 65-68 mol%.
Species Profiles
C. violaceum
I hope this is of some use to you and I trust you will give it out to the necessary people, you know better than I who they are.
Bless you... and best of luck to you and your family.
They have all kinds of new things out recently and
they will have something for it if they know what it is.
if this is not that helpful you can always contact people in Brazil and give them info and ask questions.
ADDRESS Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374 Ed. Biomédicas 2 05508-900 São Paulo SP Brazil
Phone: ++55 11 3818.7499
Fax: ++55 11 3818.7354
E-Mail: [email protected]
FAPESP - R. Pio XI, 1500 - Alto da Lapa - CEP 05468-901 - São Paulo/SP - Brasil
Tel.: (+55) 11 3838 4000 Fax. (+55) 11 3645 2421 - E-mail: [email protected]
Regards.... Beth
Fiber Disease
Fibers constitute protein most resembling cellulose.
Specks are chitin like polymers
There is a big difference between cellulose and polymers!
Sabrina... I'm new and I hope you saw my other post... I just grabbed the above off another persons post because I think I saw that cellulose business on a Morgellons sp? site...
I'll paste it here, my 1st post, in case I made an error.
My heart goes out to you and others.
I did some searching...
Brazil is where a lot of "amazing new things" come from. We should be up on it.
The Federal Government decided to expand the genome project at the national level and launched the Brazilian Genome Project (Dec. 2000)
-Part of the National Program of Biotechnology and Genetic Resources (R$250 m)
-Comprises a network of 25 sequencing laboratories
-Objective: to sequence the genome of
Chomobacterium violaceum
-abundant... in the waters of the Amazon Region
-opportunistic human pathogen (infection is fatal)
-produces violacein of trypanocidal and antibiotic activity***
-Produces a polyester similar to propylene and polyethylene***
from Brazil...
http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... D%26sa%3DG
Of the biological point of view, the importance of the microorganism is related its capacity to
>>>>produce polymers with characteristic of polypropylene (plastic), <<<<
with a great advantage: to be biodeagradável. "The knowledge of the genoma of the bacterium will be able to assist the production of this type of plastic in bigger amount for applications in medical and odontológicas próteses", exemplifica the Tânia teacher. Already in the biotechnological area, studies come showing that the bacterium is capable to hold back metals heavy.
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They do move....
They are motile. They are aerobic and facultatively anaerobic.
they do have color...
The violet pigment violacein is produced by many strains. Other related genera may be
Janthinobacterium and Iodobacter.
Chromobacterium Species Profiles
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Species Profiles
These are Gram-negative, non-sporing non-acid fast small rods or coccobacilli (0.6-0.9µm x 1.5-3.0µm), which exhibit bipolar staining. They are motile. They are aerobic and facultatively anaerobic. They are oxidase-positive and catalase-positive. The violet pigment violacein is produced by many strains. Other related genera may be Janthinobacterium and Iodobacter.
Chromobacterium: There is currently only one species recognized within this genus; C. violaceum. It is motile with a single polar flagellum and up to four antigenically and structurally distinct lateral flagellae. It is a facultative anaerobe with a growth range from 15-40°C. Optimal growth is achieved at 30-35°C It charactistically produces violet colonies on nutrient agar. It can reduce nitrate to nitrite and carbohydrates can be fermented. It will grow on ordinary media. The GC content of the DNA is 65-68 mol%.
Species Profiles
C. violaceum
I hope this is of some use to you and I trust you will give it out to the necessary people, you know better than I who they are.
Bless you... and best of luck to you and your family.
They have all kinds of new things out recently and
they will have something for it if they know what it is.
if this is not that helpful you can always contact people in Brazil and give them info and ask questions.
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Sabrina... more info.
Seems a bacterium can be used as a source of biodegradable plastics.
I heard about it a long time ago... so they may have been experimenting with this a while...
Seems children or immunocompromised individuals can be infected with this.
There is a lot of info.
See definition of polymers below...
Because polymer chains are so long, these interchain forces are amplified far beyond the attractions between conventional molecules. Also, longer chains are more amorphous (randomly oriented). Polymers can be visualised as tangled spaghetti chains - pulling any one spaghetti strand out is a lot harder the more tangled the chains are.
It is established already that C. violaceum has the capacity for the synthesis of
polyhydroxyalkanoate polymers (18, 19), which have physical
properties similar to propylene, making them an important
renewable source of biodegradable plastic.
In addition, we have
now identified ORFs related to cellulose biosynthesis (CV2675,
CV2677, and CV2678) that also might represent a valuable
commodity, because bacterial cellulose differs from that produced
by plants in its three-dimensional structure, degree of
polymerization, and physicochemical properties (62).
If this is what you have.... they have known about it for a while.
C. violaceum is considered a saprophyte,
A saprophyte used to be defined as any organism which obtained its energy from decaying animal or vegetable matter. Most species of Bacteria and Fungi were considered saprophytes. "Phyte" means plant. Saprophyte is thus an obsolete term because fungi and bacteria that feed on decaying organic matter
are no longer placed in the Plant Kingdom.
They should be termed saprobes or saprotrophs.
No embryophytes are now considered saprophytes so the term is completely obsolete. Plants that were once considered saprophytes, such as Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora), are now known to be parasites on other plants. They are termed myco-heterotrophs because a mycorrhizal fungus connects the parasitic plant with its host plant.
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Although C. violaceum is considered a saprophyte,
it is also an occasional pathogen of human and animals with most
cases of human infection occurring either early in childhood or
in immunocompromised individuals (43). However, the fact that
the Rio Negro is the source of drinking water for the population
living around it, without there being widespread infection,
indicates the low infectivity of this organism.
The lack of frequent human infection would be expected to
select against the retention of purely pathogenesis-related genes.
Thus, an unexpected finding was the presence of ORFs encoding
type III secretory system (TTSS) components similar to those in
Salmonella typhimurium (44) and Yersinia pestis (45). The TTSS
is thought to be strictly associated with the infection of both
animal or plant cells and acts as a molecular syringe for the
secretion of effector molecules that provoke cytoskeletal rearrangements
in the host cell (46). Because effectors with similarity
to phytopathogen-associated genes (47) were not found, it seems
unlikely that TTSS in C. violaceum plays a role in plant infection.
Indeed, the similarity of the systems found to those in human
pathogens suggests that they contribute to human infection.
However, a detailed analysis of the S. typhimurium-like TTSS
showed that some key ORFs including invI and invH [which have
been demonstrated to play important roles in invasion (48, 49)]
and sicP [a Salmonella invasion chaperone involved with the
secretion of the tyrosine phosphatase SptP (50)] are absent in C.
violaceum. The lack of these and other pathogenicity-related
ORFs may account for the generally poor ability of the organism
to infect humans. It is likely that the presence of these islands is
isolate-specific. In PCR-based assays we found evidence for their
presence in some isolates from natural Brazilian environments
but not in others (see supplementary information at www.
brgene.lncc.brcviolaceum). The similarity of the two TTSSs
with those found in other bacterial species, their presence in
pathogenicity islands, and the fact that they are quite distinct
from those found in the closely related opportunistic pathogen
P. aeruginosa are all consistent with these ORFs being present in
the C. violaceum genome due to recent lateral transfer.
Twelve ORFS encoding hemolysin-like proteins (CV0231,
CV2873, CV3275, CV3342, and CV4301) are found in both virulent
and nonvirulent C. violaceum soil isolates (51). Type I and II
secretory systems, both found in the C. violaceum genome, are likely
to be also operative in free-living conditions despite their role as
virulence factors in pathogenic bacteria (52, 53). The same holds
true for genes coding for ubiquitous components of free-living
Gram-negative bacteria (54, 55), which may also play a significant
role in stimulating immune responses in the infected host such as
the cell-wall-associated lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan.
this herbicide, were found closely positioned in the genome. In
addition, ORFs for the synthesis of medically relevant compounds
include a polyketide synthase (CV4293) and other
proteins applicable to antibiotic synthesis, genes for the synthesis
of phenazine (CV0931 and CV2663) with potential antitumor
activity, and hemolysins (CV0231, CV0513, CV1918, CV3342,
and CV4301) with potential as anticoagulants.
It is established already that C. violaceum has the capacity for the synthesis of
polyhydroxyalkanoate polymers (18, 19), which have physical
properties similar to propylene, making them an important
renewable source of biodegradable plastic.
In addition, we have
now identified ORFs related to cellulose biosynthesis (CV2675,
CV2677, and CV2678) that also might represent a valuable
commodity, because bacterial cellulose differs from that produced
by plants in its three-dimensional structure, degree of
polymerization, and physicochemical properties (62).
The sequence and annotation data that we have generated reveal
that the adaptability and versatility that C. violaceum exhibits
depend on a large and complex genome containing a large
proportion of ORFs that are specifically related to the ability of
the organism to interact and respond to the environment. We
also demonstrate that this genomic complexity might have
practical importance in that it translates into the bacterium being
an important potential source of biotechnologically exploitable
genes. The identification of such genetic resources in C. violaceum,
a free-living tropical bacteria, justifies the contemplation
of strategic high-throughput programs to survey further the
genomes of such organisms. Their inclusion in the pipeline that
leads to the production of industrially useful genes, enzymes, and
secondary metabolites would benefit not only the biotechnological
and pharmaceutical industries in the developing world,
where most tropical biodiversity is located, but would also
provide a further stimulus to the preservation of the precious
ecosystems where these organisms are found.
The present and former staff from Ministe´rio da Cieˆncia e Tecnologia
(MCT)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientı´fico e Tecnolo
´gico (CNPq), particularly Almiro Blumenschein, Kumiko Mizuta,
Albanita Viana de Oliveira, Silvana Almeida Figueira de Medeiros,
Fla´vio Neves Bittencourt de Sa´, Fabio Paceli Anselmo, Maria da
Conceic¸a˜o A. de Oliveira, sper Abra˜o Cavalheiro, and Ana Lu´cia
Assad, are gratefully acknowledged for their strategic vision and enthusiastic
support for this project. Carlos Menck (Department of Microbiology,
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sa˜o Paulo), N.
Duran (Institute of Chemistry, Universidade de Campinas), Andre´
Goffeau (Universite´ de Louvain, Belgium), and Jenny Blamey (Fundacio
From wikipedia....
Chemical properties of polymers
The attractive forces between polymer chains play a large part in determining a polymer's properties. Because polymer chains are so long, these interchain forces are amplified far beyond the attractions between conventional molecules. Also, longer chains are more amorphous (randomly oriented). Polymers can be visualised as tangled spaghetti chains - pulling any one spaghetti strand out is a lot harder the more tangled the chains are. These stronger forces typically result in high tensile strength and melting points.
The intermolecular forces in polymers are determined by dipoles in the monomer units. Polymers containing amide groups can form hydrogen bonds between adjacent chains; the positive hydrogen atoms in N-H groups of one chain are strongly attracted to the oxygen atoms in C=O groups on another. These strong hydrogen bonds result in, for example, the high tensile strength and melting point of kevlar. Polyesters have dipole-dipole bonding between the oxygen atoms in C=O groups and the hydrogen atoms in H-C groups. Dipole bonding is not as strong as hydrogen bonding, so ethene's melting point and strength are lower than Kevlar's, but polyesters have greater flexibility.
Ethene, however, has no permanent dipole. The attractive forces between polyethene chains arise from weak van der Waals forces. Molecules can be thought of as being surrounded by a cloud of negative electrons. As two polymer chains approach, their electron clouds repel one another. This has the effect of lowering the electron density on one side of a polymer chain, creating a slight positive dipole on this side. This charge is enough to actually attract the second polymer chain. Van der Waals forces are quite weak, however, so polyethene melts at low temperatures.
Polymer characterization
The characterization of a polymer requires several parameters which need to be specified. This is because a polymer actually consists of a statistical distribution of chains of varying lengths, and each chain consists of monomer residues which affect its properties.
A variety of lab techniques are used to determine the properties of polymers. Techniques such as wide angle X-ray scattering, small angle X-ray scattering, and small angle neutron scattering are used to determine the crystalline structure of polymers. Gel permeation chromatography is used to determine the number average molecular weight, weight average molecular weight, and polydispersity. FTIR, Raman and NMR can be used to determine composition. Thermal properties such as the glass transition temperature and melting point can be determined by differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic mechanical analysis. Pyrolysis followed by analysis of the fragments is one more technique for determining the possible structure of the polymer.
Polymer known as polymer substrate is used for everyday banknotes in Australia, Romania, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Zambia, Vietnam, New Zealand and a few others, and the material is also used in commemorative notes in some other countries. The process of polymer substrate creation was developed by the Australia CSIRO.
See also
Electroactive polymers
Polymer chemistry
Polymer physics
Important publications in polymer chemistry
External links
Polymer dictionary
Responsive Biopolymers for Drug Delivery and Imaging
Chemical Resistance of Fluoropolymers
Polymer Chemistry Hypertext, Educational resource
Polymer Chemistry Innovations
Materials for Organic devices
The Macrogalleria - a cyberwonderland of polymer fun!
Polymer & Plastics Glossary
International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization
International Journal of Polymeric Materials
Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering
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Michelle Ann (Pasch) Tracey, Janesville, WI (1961-2014)
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Michelle Ann (Pasch) Tracey, age 53, of Janesville, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at her home. She was born Jan. 27, 1961, in Sparta, WI, the daughter of Roger L. and Eileen A. (Lydon) Pasch. She moved to Janesville, as a little girl, and she attended schools in Janesville, graduating from Parker High School with the Class of 1979. On July 5, 1986, she married Robert P. Tracey at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Michelle had worked with her husband and his family at Tracey Oil Co.; and after they leased their business, she and Robert built and opened Cone Zone in Milton.
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Michelle is survived by her husband, Robert; her two daughters, Mary Cate (Sean) Casey-Schmidt and Maggie (Sean Henneberry); her two beloved grandchildren, Kolton and Aubrey Casey-Schmidt; her parents, Roger and Eileen Pasch, all of Janesville; her sister, Kelly (Dennis) Kramer of Caracas, Venezuela; her brother, Roger (Lisa) Pasch, Jr. of Eau Claire, WI; her in-laws, Paul (Barbara) Tracey, Mary Ann McCann, Peter (Sindy) Tracey, Stephen Tracey, David (Janet) Tracey, Cathy (Tim) Rooney, and Eileen (Carey) Stuckey; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, and by many dear friends. She was preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents; her mother and father-in-law, William and Alice Tracey; her two sisters-in-law, Mary Beth Tracey and Mary Foelker Tracey; and her brother-in-law, John Tracey.
Funeral services with a Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 12 p.m. on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at ST. WILLIAM'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 456 N. Arch St., with Fr. John Auby officiating. Friends may call on Saturday morning from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the CHURCH.
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