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Post by Jill on Aug 2, 2008 8:46:07 GMT -5
Pg 3: jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/JB.01259-06v1.pdf Excerpts: PM 1 a newly described genus and species- a motile bacterium - Comamonadaceae family of beta Proteobacteria and PM1 is a methylotroph that can grow aerobically on the fuel oxygenate MTBE and oxidize it completely to carbon dioxide What is Comamonadacea? www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/comamonadaceae.htmComamonadaceae: A family of gram-negative aerobic bacteria in the class BETA PROTEOBACTERIA, encompassing the acidovorans rRNA complex. Some species are pathogenic for PLANTS. Source: MeSH 2007 Broader terms for Comamonadaceae Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci Betaproteobacteria MeSH 2007 Hierarchy: Bacteria Proteobacteria Betaproteobacteria Comamonadaceae could be Leptothrix: A now invalid genus of sheathed organisms closely related to the genus Sphaerotilus found in fresh water. Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved. Leptothrix: A genus of gram-negative, sheathed, rod-shaped bacteria in the family COMAMONADACEAE. Source: MeSH 2007 or Sphaerotilus: A genus of gram-negative, sheathed, rod-shaped bacteria in the family COMAMONADACEAE. They are closely related to LEPTOTHRIX. Source: MeSH 2007 but most likely? Comamonas: A genus of gram-negative, straight or slightly curved rods which are motile by polar flagella and which accumulate poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate within the cells. Source: MeSH 2007 defined: poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate <biochemistry> A common storage material of prokaryotic cells consisting of a polymer of beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) or other beta-alkanoic acids (PHA). cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate Image- see what looks like black specks- they refer to as granules- in this abstract: www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=205001 image has copyright- go to middle of page Image 5290 above link www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/comamonas.htmComamonas: A genus of gram-negative, straight or slightly curved rods which are motile by polar flagella and which accumulate poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate within the cells. Source: MeSH 2007 www.wrongdiagnosis.com/medical/gram_negative_aerobic_rods_and_cocci.htmGram-Negative Aerobic Rods and CocciIntroduction: Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci Description of Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci: A group of gram-negative bacteria consisting of rod- and coccus-shaped cells. They are both aerobic (able to grow under an air atmosphere) and microaerophilic (grow better in low concentrations of oxygen) under nitrogen-fixing conditions but, when supplied with a source of fixed nitrogen, they grow as aerobes. Source: MeSH 2007
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Post by Jill on Aug 2, 2008 9:28:45 GMT -5
another component- per above link: PM 1 Whole Genome analysis
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Burkholderia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Burkholderia
B. pseudomallei colonies on a blood agar plate.
Burkholderia fungorum- s Species- - Genus- Burkholderia-
Excerpt from the Wiki:
Burkholderia is a genus of proteobacteria probably best-known for its pathogenic members: Burkholderia mallei, responsible for glanders, a disease that occurs mostly in horses and related animals; Burkholderia pseudomallei, causative agent of melioidosis; and Burkholderia cepacia, an important source of pulmonary infection in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). The Burkholderia (previously part of Pseudomonas) genus name refers to a group of virtually ubiquitous gram-negative, motile, obligately aerobic rod-shaped bacteria including both animal/human (see above) and plant pathogens as well as some environmentally-important species. In particular, B. xenovorans (previously named Pseudomonas cepacia then B. cepacia and B. fungorum) is renowned for their ability to degrade chlororganic pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The use of Burkholderia species for agricultural purposes (such as biodegradation, biocontrol and as plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria) is subject to discussions because of possible pathogenic effects in immuno-compromised people (especially CF-sufferers), e.g., hospital acquired infections. Due to their antibiotic resistance and the high mortality rate from their associated diseases Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei are considered to be potential biological warfare agents, targeting livestock and humans.
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Post by Jill on Aug 2, 2008 9:38:12 GMT -5
(B. cepacia and B. fungorum) is renowned for their ability to degrade chlororganic pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) above from Wiki ; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BurkholderiaBurkholderia cepacia: Pandora's box redefined bccm.belspo.be/newsletter/9-01/bccm02.htmmaterial at the above link- copyright- go to link. First thing that came to mind reading above link- this is why the people got sick at Chi Chi's- from the onions ?
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Post by Jill on Aug 2, 2008 10:13:01 GMT -5
MTBE's and the daughter- TBA's are new to me- obviously not new to everyone- found a Rense link- from 2000 www.rense.com/ufo6/knowit.htmMTBE -The End of Food Production In America! I should have started a search at Rense. Jill PS Note in the above article- where it is stated that in 1998- underground storage (gas) tanks had to be replaced? I recall that happened in my area. Now we know why- but note that the seals were eaten away by the MTBE in some cases within a year and the tanks were leaking again. Powerful stuff- MTBE and TBA (daughter)
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Post by felixwillford on Aug 2, 2008 11:38:33 GMT -5
Jjill,
Keep this up................I've been following it and excellent research.
I have also in the past came up on several occasions with the "Burkholderia"
This means............. it's no coincidence that that keeps coming up when we look for our clues to the "puzzle. The MTBE is most interesting.
Love this thread. I still have much catching up to do with my reading on it.
I am off from my long night shift run and have several days to dig into all your work and am VERY THANKFUL for all your work.
Between You, Lilsissy, Steve, Sky, Toni (sorry if I forgot to mention anyone) but I sure do appreaciate READING all of the Information that everyone manages to dig up.
Much Thanks,
Kmarie
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Post by Jill on Aug 2, 2008 12:41:18 GMT -5
Kmarie,
Thank you for the thanks! Much appreicated- believe me.
I'm consumed with the MTBE's at this point. And the daughter product- TBA and the PM 1 (to remediate)
And while I'm at it- thank you as well, Kmarie. You've added so much here as well as the info from Mark Darrah. Invaluable!
It all ties together somehow.
I'm looking at a supplement- that shows the various components of the PM 1- Simple sugars, Arsenite, Phosphates, and the Acetate/Acetaldehye, and so much more to review.
Agrobacterium- found in the PM 1- that has to be a bingo?
Funny, what is driving me (currently) is a woman at work. Her brother in law is dying.
The doctors can find nothing wrong- but for the fact that he has Benzene in his blood. He worked at the AIRPORT. She mentioned those 2 facts to me a few days after I first read about the MTBEs. Now I have to get an answer for her.
(All I can tell her is for him to detox. What do I know?)
Jets - use the MTBEs. I wonder if the Airport was using the PM 1 for remediation?
Thanks again,
Jill
Saw the ad for Jjill.com at the top of the page- wish it were me
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Post by Jill on Aug 2, 2008 16:24:42 GMT -5
PM 1 - PFD- see link above mentions Type IV pilus Conjugal transfer- and the supplement indicates an area (outside perimeter) where this transfer would occur- in addition to a Mulitdrug transport 'tunnel'. The Type IV is a reference to the Agrobacterium T C58 found in the PM 1 So I needed to know what a Conjugal transfer is: www.jstor.org/pss/2358597Opine Catabolism and Conjugal Transfer of the Nopaline Ti Plasmid PTiC58 are Coordinately Regulated by a Single Repressor Susanne Beck von Bodman, G. Thomas Hayman and Stephen K. Farrand Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 89, No. 2 (Jan. 15, 1992), pp. 643-647 (article consists of 5 pages) Published by: National Academy of Sciences (I can not copy the above article- someone with ability to do so, please help?) Note- Lilsissy- this has to do with Opines- What I could copy: Excerpt: Published by: National Academy of Sciences Opine Catabolism and Conjugal Transfer of the Nopaline Ti Plasmid PTiC58 are Coordinately Regulated by a Single Repressor, by Susanne Beck von Bodman, G. Thomas Hayman and Stephen K. Farrand © 1992 National Academy of Sciences. Abstract The Ti plasmids of Agrobacterium tumefaciens are conjugal elements whose transfer is strongly repressed. Transfer is induced by the conjugal opines, a group of unique carbon compounds synthesized in crown gall tumors. The opines also induce Ti plasmid-encoded genes required by the bacteria for opine catabolism. We have cloned and sequenced a gene from the Ti plasmid pTiC58, whose product mediates the opine-dependent regulation of conjugal transfer and catabolism of the conjugal opines, agrocinopines A and B. The gene, accR, is closely linked to the agrocinopine catabolic locus. A spontaneous mutant Ti plasmid, pTiC58Trac, which constitutively expresses conjugal transfer and opine catabolism, was complemented in trans by a clone of wild-type accR. Comparative sequence analysis identified a 5-base-pair deletion close to the 5' end of the mutant accR allele from pTiC58Trac. Analysis of lacZ fusions in conjugal transfer and opine catabolic structural genes demonstrated that the accR-encoded function is a transcriptional repressor. accR can encode a 28-kDa protein. This protein is related to a class of repressor proteins that includes LacR, GutR, DeoR, FucR, and GlpR that regulate sugar catabolic systems in several bacterial genera. end excerpt ** more here jb.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/180/23/6164Journal of Bacteriology, December 1998, p. 6164-6172, Vol. 180, No. 23 Excerpt: Genetic and Sequence Analysis of the pTiC58 trb Locus, Encoding a Mating-Pair Formation System Related to Members of the Type IV Secretion Family Pei-Li Li,1 Dawn M. Everhart,2, and Stephen K. Farrand1,2,* Departments of Crop Sciences1 and Microbiology,2 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 Received 1 May 1998/Accepted 17 September 1998 Conjugal transfer of pTiC58 requires two regions, tra which contains the oriT and several genes involved in DNA processing and a region of undefined size and function that is located at the 2-o'clock position of the plasmid. Using transposon mutagenesis with Tn3HoHo1 and a binary transfer system, we delimited this second region, called trb, to an 11-kb interval between the loci for vegetative replication and nopaline catabolism. DNA sequence analysis of this region identified 13 significant open reading frames (ORFs) spanning 11,003 bp. The first, encoding traI, already has been described and is responsible for the synthesis of Agrobacterium autoinducer (AAI) (I. Hwang, P.-L. Li, L. Zhang, K. R. Piper, D. M. Cook, M. E. Tate, and S. K. Farrand, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:4639-4643, 1994). Translation products of the next 11 ORFs showed similarities to those of trbB, -C, -D, -E, -J, -K, -L, -F, -G, -H, and -I of the trb region of the octopine-type Ti plasmid pTi15955 and of the tra2 core region of RP4. In RP4, these genes encode mating-pair formation functions and are essential for the conjugal transfer of the IncP plasmid. Each of the trb gene homologues is oriented counterclockwise on the Ti plasmid. Expression of these genes, as measured by using the lacZ fusions formed by Tn3HoHo1, required the traI promoter and the transcriptional activator TraR along with its coinducer, AAI. While related to that of RP4, the trb system of pTiC58 did not allow propagation of the trb-specific bacteriophages PRD1, PRR1, and Pf3. The products of several trb genes of the Ti plasmid are similar to those of other loci that encode DNA transfer or protein secretion systems, all of which are members of the type IV secretion family. end excerpt
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Post by lilsissy on Aug 2, 2008 20:22:02 GMT -5
I believe opine are different than opsins but they ARE BOTH A PART OF MORGELLONS. Agroc 58 is 1000 times more virulent than other agro, the type 4 transfer system was what I also suspected when I researched agrobacterium. Been a while and I would have to review. This thread is one I think about thru out my day! It has me scratching my head!!!!!!!!! Pun intended!!!! With you jill and I am reading this post with great interest!!! Jennifer It is just like finding a colored piece of the puzzle when the rest are not standing out much, again,,,,,,,, something here. Bacteria=fuel=tick tick=bacteria=fuel enter human human+tick=bacteria for fuel in human Fuel for what ,,,,,,planes? or ?? Humans? Lilsissy
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Post by lilsissy on Aug 2, 2008 20:54:01 GMT -5
It is used in photosystems, Photosystems I believe have to do with transhuman attempts to change us into light harvesting and storing creatures. METPP Methylibium petroleiphilum (strain PM1) expasy.org/sprot/hamap/plant_interactions.htmlPhotosynthesis (the process which converts light energy into NAD(P)H, the reducing power of which is then used to reduce carbon dioxide to produce organic compounds) that does not produce molecular oxygen. Anoxygenic bacteria (purple sulfur and non-sulfur bacteria, green sulfur and non-sulfur bacteria and Heliobacteria) have only one photosynthetic reaction center So was the jet fuel pee an unintended outcome or known outcome? METPP Methylibium petroleiphilum (strain PM1) , would seem to be a possible candidate for a transhuman photosystem change but was it compatible with mammalian tissue? Wonder can we find evidence of this METPP Methylibium petroleiphilum (strain PM1) being involved in mammalian chimera experiments??? lilsissy
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Post by Jill on Aug 3, 2008 2:48:51 GMT -5
Wonder can we find evidence of this METPP Methylibium petroleiphilum (strain PM1) being involved in mammalian chimera experiments??? Above - quote from Lilsissy- I have no idea, Lilsissy- but good question. Will see what I can find. Sorry to confuse you, Lilsissy, thought that was you posting about opines- did a quick search- and see that toni and chasonline posted about Opines- here: (Skytroll below) lymebusters.proboards39.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=rash&thread=7050&page=2 Thread about Agro & cotton- C 58 Opines are low molecular weight compounds found in plant crown gall tumors produced by the parasitic bacterium Agrobacterium. Opine biosynthesis is catalyzed by specific enzymes encoded by genes contained in a small segment of DNA (known as the T-DNA, for 'transfer DNA') inserted by the bacterium in the plant genome. The opines are used by the bacterium as an important source of carbon and energy. Each strain of Agrobacterium induces and catabolizes a specific set of opines. There are at least 30 different opines described so far. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opines and Bacteria were isolated from soil and crown gall tumors- A minority of isolates were gram negative and were identified as Agrobacterium or Pseudomonas species; most were gram positive and belonged to the coryneform group. These results indicate that any specific effect of opines on the ecology of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is modulated by activities of other types of soil- and plant-associated bacteria. aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/7/1519((Something interesting too, is many have tested positive for Corynebacterium)) chasonline: Agrobacterium • Gram negative rods • Unusual mechanism --- competitive advantage [causes tumors in plants] • 'A.tumefaciens' --- Ti plasmid [Encodes growth hormone and direst synthesis of opine (amino acid derivative)] and Skytroll Excerpts: I think that is in EDTA? How might EDTA chelation therapy work to clear blocked arteries? Several theories have been suggested by those who recommend this form of treatment. One theory suggests that EDTA chelation might work by directly removing calcium found in fatty plaques that block the arteries, causing the plaques to break up. Another is that the process of chelation may stimulate the release of a hormone that in turn causes calcium to be removed from the plaques or causes a lowering of cholesterol levels. A third theory is that EDTA chelation therapy may work by reducing the damaging effects of oxygen ions (oxidative stress) on the walls of the blood vessels. Reducing oxidative stress could reduce inflammation in the arteries and improve blood vessel function. None of these theories has been well tested in scientific studies. So, the agro needs the cacium I think to grow, but seems the EDTA would break it up. nccam.nih.gov/news/2002/chelation/q-and-a.htm#4this causes it to adhere to cells: rhicadhesin: VirD2 and VirE2 might be the causitive here: ' ***********snip More: Two other T-DNA genesare thought to play ancillary roles intumorigenesis. The gene 5 product directs thesynthesis of indole-3-lactate, an antagonisticauxin homologue (Korber et al., 1991), whiletml (also designated gene 6b) increases thesensitivity of plant cells to phytohormones bya mechanism that remains to be elucidated(Tinland et al., 1992). The latter gene can pro-voke formation of tumors in certain hostplants in the absence of other oncogenes(Hooykaas et al., 1988).A second set of transferred genes directs theproduction of bacterial nutrients, calledopines, formed by condensation of an aminoacid and a keto acid or a sugar (Dessaux et al.,1998). Transformed cells synthesize and se-crete significant quantities of particularopines, and the inducing bacteria typicallycarry genes (outside the T-DNA region andusually on the virulence plasmid) required tocatabolize the same opines synthesized by theinduced tumor (Guyon et al., 1980; Petit et al.,1983; Petit & Tempé, 1985). Based on the kind of opines produced in the tumors, agro-bacteria are classified as octopine, nopaline,succinamopine, and leucinopine strains.There exist at least twenty different opines,and each strain induces and catabolizes a spe-cific set of opines (Petit & Tempé, 1985). Forexample, octopine-type Ti plasmids directtheir hosts to synthesize at least eight opines.The ocs gene encodes octopine synthase,which reductively condenses pyruvate with ei-ther arginine, lysine, histidine, or ornithine toproduce octopine, lysopine, histopine, oroctopinic acid, respectively, all of which canbe detected in crown gall tumors (Dessaux etal., 1998). The mas2¢product is thought tocondense glutamine or glutamic acid with glu-cose (although this has not been experimen-tally demonstrated), while the mas1¢geneproduct reduces these intermediates, formingmannopine and mannopinic acid, respec-Vol. 48AgrobacteriumT-DNA629 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 8 tively. The ags product catalyzes thelactonization of mannopine to form agropine.Mannopine and agropine also can spontane-ously lactamize to form agropinic acid(Dessaux et al., 1998). Thus, the tumors in-duced by strains harboring octopine-type Tiplasmids can produce four members of theoctopine family and four members of themannityl opine family.Uptake and catabolism of opinesOpines produced in tumors induced by theAgrobacterium infection are then assimilatedby the bacteria due to the function of thegenes encoded in the opine catabolism regionof the Ti plasmid. As an example, the octopinecatabolism region of the octopine type Tiplasmid is described below. The octopine cata-bolic determinants are clustered in two sepa-rately transcribed regulons (Schröder et al.,1990). The first contains the regulatory geneoccR, a member of the lysR gene family, whichalso regulates the conjugal transfer of theplasmid. The OccR negatively regulates itsown transcription (independently of the pres-ence or absence of octopine) and positivelyregulates the transcription of the catabolicgenes clustered in the second operon in thepresence of octopine (Von Lintig et al., 1994).These genes determine an octopine transportsystem (occQ, occM, occJ/T, occP) (Zanker etal., 1992). OccJ/T is probably the octopine-binding periplasmic protein while the threeothers appear to be membrane-associatedtransport proteins. These occ genes show sim-ilarity to other genes encoding various compo-nents of the basic amino acid transport sys-tem (HisQ, HisM, HisJ, ArgT and HisP)(Zanker et al., 1992). Interestingly, transportgenes of another opine catabolism region ofthe octopine-type Ti plasmid, accABCDE, en-code an ABC-type, ATP-driven, periplasmicbinding protein-dependent transport system(Dessaux et al., 1998). Downstream of thegenes determining the transport system aretwo genes required for octopine catabolism,ooxB and ooxA, which encode the two sub-units of the octopine hydrolase that cleavesoctopine to arginine (Zanker et al., 1992).Arginine is degraded to ornithine and this lat-ter molecule is converted to proline by orni-thine cyclodeaminase (OCDase) encoded bythe last gene of this operon, osd (Schrindler etal., 1989). The other opine degradative re-gions are closely related to the octopine cata-bolic region but are organized differently(Dessaux et al., 1998). In general, each Agrobacterium straincatabolizes only opines synthesized by the tu-mors it induces. In addition, some opines in-duce conjugal transfer of self-transmissible Tiplasmids between strains of Agrobacteriumand thereby confer on other strains the abilityto catabolize extant opines. Conceivably,Agrobacterium strains can create an environ-mental niche (crown gall tumor synthesizingparticular opines) specifically favorable fortheir growth (Petit & Tempé, 1985). However,although opines probably stimulate growth ofthe inducing Agrobacterium within a crowngall, they apparently do not play a crucial rolein their survival (Bouzar & Moore, 1987).Recently, Kim & Farrand (1998) have shownthat Agrobacterium strains can be chemo-attracted by opines. Chemotaxis is dependentupon plasmids that encode functions requiredfor the catabolism of opine(s). For example,strains with nopalin/agrocinopine-type Tiplasmids are attracted to nopaline andagrocinopines but not to octopine, whilestrains with octopine-type Ti plasmids are at-tracted to octopine but not to nopaline oragrocinopines. Not surprisingly, genetic andmolecular analyses have localized determi-nants (e.g. Mcp-like protein genes) to theopine catabolic loci of the Ti plasmids.Opine-mediated chemotaxis could play severalroles. First, it could provide a mechanismwhereby opine-catabolizing agrobacteria thatwander or are swept away from the vicinity ofthe tumor, can make their way back to the nu-trient-rich environment. Second, it may serveto attract Agrobacterium strains with some-630A. Ziemienowicz2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 9 what different Ti plasmids. These may thenrecombine with the Ti plasmids resident inthe tumor inducing strain to produce new Tiplasmid types.CLOSING REMARKSThe ability of Agrobacterium to transfer afragment of its DNA to the plant cell providesa powerful tool for plant biotechnology, andtherefore Agrobacterium-mediated DNA trans-fer is one of the most commonly used tech-niques of plant transformation. tinyurl.com/33ctkuwww.ihop-net.org/UniPub/iHOP/pm/123210.html?pmid=8206861lymebusters.proboards39.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=rash&thread=6644&page=1 ** All 3 posts had to do with Agrobacterium/opines- Skytroll's in answer to Toni's question about Pectin Methaylation- which may help rid us of the Agro and Skytrolls answer- above
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Post by Jill on Aug 3, 2008 11:25:12 GMT -5
jb.asm.org/cgi/reprint/JB.01259-06v1.pdf Didn't see the forest for the trees- PM 1 degrades pesticides and herbicides as well as MTBE Organopohosphorus/acetate was found in the Morgellons sufferers- per Mark Darrah PM 1 contains Organophosphorus- Phosphonates- and Phosphate as well as Acetate (supplement, above link) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organophosphorus Bromine- and dead sea salt- where Bromine is located -helps with above (organophosphorus) I plan to follow up with lemon water - will let you know results.
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Post by godsgrace on Aug 3, 2008 11:54:42 GMT -5
I've been drinking lemon water since I started BioSET therapy last year per my practitioner ;D It is now a chore to drink a glass of plain water! I highly advise it. it is a great detox..and you need water everyday anyway. I use fresh lemons squeezed with the pulp in the water. I sometimes put rind and all in the ice water...it seems some of the oils from the peel mixes with the water as well...ooohhh tasty! Watch out for the seeds!! detox....one of the names of this game. godsgrace
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Post by Jill on Aug 3, 2008 14:00:49 GMT -5
Great detox- lemon water- Godsgrace! Another dimension - MTBE's from a Google search: Excerpt: Polyisobutylene is used in making; Adhesives, Agricultural Chemicals, Fiber Optic Compounds, Caulks and Sealants, Cling Film, Electrical Fluids, Lubricants - 2 Cycle Engine Oil, Paper and Pulp, Personal Care, Pigment Concentrates, Rubber Modification, gasoline and diesel fuel additives - MTBE (methyl tert butyl ether) and has many other uses. It is used to help clean up oil tanker spills into water ways. When added to crude oil, it causes it to coagulate, stopping the oil plume from spreading, making it easier to vacuum from the surface of the water. Polyisobutylene is produced from isobutylene. It's atomic element is expressed as C4H8,being a combination of carbon and hydrogen. It is mostly refined from natural gas or crude oil. It also has properties that were discovered by Professor Paul Waters of American University in Washington, D.C. while research using it to make jet fuel less volatile in order to lessen risk of ignition during refueling spills and in crashes. He took the initiative to add it to gasoline in vehicles and machinery around the lab site where he was working with jet fuel. end excerpt newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Sci/sci.polymers/2006-03/msg00002.html It is a rubber product- used for basketballs, roof repairs and in MTBEs en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butyl_rubber I recall Hilde mentioned something about rubber-like properties in the samples?
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Post by Jill on Aug 3, 2008 14:27:18 GMT -5
Here's one from left field. In my never ending search for tidbits on MTBE's- found this: Excerpt: In North America, the Company produces PO, TBA, PG and PGE at its Bayport (Pasadena), Texas plants and PO, SM, MTBE and BDO at its Channelview, Texas plants. The Bayport PO/TBA plants and the Channelview PO/SM I plant are owned by the U.S. PO manufacturing joint venture (the "U.S. PO Joint Venture") between the Company and Bayer. The Channelview PO/SM II plant is owned by the Company together with unrelated equity investors. The Company produces TDI at its Lake Charles, Louisiana plant. In Europe, the Company produces PO, TBA, PG, PGE, BDO and MTBE at plants near Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and produces PO, TBA, PG and MTBE at a plant in Fos-sur-Mer, France. In Europe, Rhodia Intermdiaires ("Rhodia") operates a TDI facility located in Pont de Claix, France on behalf of the Company. Additionally, a world-scale PO/SM plant located at Maasvlakte, near Rotterdam, The Netherlands, formerly referred to as the PO-11 project, began production late in the fourth quarter of 2003. Lyondell operates the Maasvlakte PO/SM plant, that is owned by a joint venture in which Lyondell has a 50% interest. In the Asia Pacific region, the Company has a 40% interest in Nihon Oxirane Co., Ltd. ("Nihon Oxirane"), a joint venture that operates a PO/SM plant in Chiba, Japan. See "Joint Ventures and Other Agreements." End excerpt sec.edgar-online.com/2004/03/12/0001193125-04-039687/Section2.asp What came to mind- as relates to cities mentioned in the above link- Rotterdam, Netherlands, and the various US cities to include 2 in Texas and 1 in Lake Charles, LA- I just wonder if this is what Tam Tam was pointing out? Here is a link posted by TT: content.jci.org/articles/view/23083Natural population dynamics and expansion of pathogenic clones of Staphylococcus aureus Excerpt: 1Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 2Department of Microbial Genomics, Keygene NV, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 3Department of Bioinformatics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 4PathoFinder BV, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Address correspondence to: Damian C. Melles, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Room L-313, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-10-463-3510; Fax: 31-10-463-3875; E-mail: d.melles@erasmusmc.nl. The population structure of Staphylococcus aureus carried by healthy humans was determined using a large strain collection of nonclinical origin (n = 829). High-throughput amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis revealed 3 major and 2 minor genetic clusters of S. aureus, which were corroborated by multilocus sequence typing. Major AFLP cluster I comprised 44.4% of the carriage isolates and showed additional heterogeneity whereas major AFLP groups II and III presented 2 homogeneous clusters, including 47.3% of all carriage isolates. Coanalysis of invasive S. aureus strains and epidemic methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) revealed that all major clusters contained invasive and multiresistant isolates. However, clusters and subclusters with overrepresentation of invasive isolates were also identified. Bacteremia in elderly adults, for instance, was caused by a IVa cluster–derived strain significantly more often than by strains from other AFLP clusters. Furthermore, expansion of multiresistant clones or clones associated with skin disease (impetigo) was detected, which suggests that epidemic potential is present in pathogenic strains of S. aureus. In addition, the virulence gene encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin was significantly enriched in S. aureus strains causing abscesses and arthritis in comparison with the carriage group. We provide evidence that essentially any S. aureus genotype carried by humans can transform into a life-threatening human pathogen but that certain clones are more virulent than others.
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Post by Jill on Aug 3, 2008 16:57:22 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureusthen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcal_scalded_skin_syndromeStaphylococcal scalded skin syndrome [hide]v • d • eDiseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (integumentary system) (L, 680-709) Infections Staphylococcus (Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, Impetigo, Boil, Carbuncle) - Cellulitis (Paronychia) - Acute lymphadenitis - Pilonidal cyst - Corynebacterium (Erythrasma) Bullous disorders Pemphigus - Pemphigoid (Bullous pemphigoid) - Dermatitis herpetiformis Inflammatory Dermatitis and eczema Atopic dermatitis - Seborrhoeic dermatitis (Dandruff, Cradle cap) - Diaper rash - Urushiol-induced contact dermatitis - Contact dermatitis - Erythroderma - Lichen simplex chronicus - Prurigo nodularis - Itch - Pruritus ani - Nummular dermatitis - Dyshidrosis - Pityriasis alba Papulosquamous disorders Psoriasis (Psoriatic arthritis) - Parapsoriasis (Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta, Pityriasis lichenoides chronica, Lymphomatoid papulosis) - Pityriasis rosea - Lichen planus - Pityriasis rubra pilaris - Lichen nitidus Urticaria and erythema Urticaria (Dermatographic urticaria, Cholinergic urticaria) Erythema (Erythema multiforme, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Toxic epidermal necrolysis, Erythema nodosum, Erythema annulare centrifugum, Erythema marginatum) Radiation-related disorders Sunburn - Actinic keratosis - Polymorphous light eruption - Radiodermatitis - Erythema ab igne Pigmentation disorder hypopigmentation (Albinism, Vitiligo) - hyperpigmentation (Melasma, Freckle, Café au lait spot, Lentigo/Liver spot, Acanthosis nigricans) Other keratosis (Seborrheic keratosis, Callus) - other epidermal thickening (Ichthyosis acquisita, Palmoplantar keratoderma) skin ulcer (Pyoderma gangrenosum, Bedsore) atrophic (Lichen sclerosus, Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans) necrobiosis (Granuloma annulare, Necrobiosis lipoidica) - other granuloma (Granuloma faciale, Pyogenic granuloma) vasculitis (Livedoid vasculitis, Erythema elevatum diutinum) Keloid - Systemic lupus erythematosus - Morphea - Calcinosis cutis - Sclerodactyly - Ainhum Disorders of skin appendages Nail Ingrown nail - Onychogryposis - Beau's lines - Yellow nail syndrome - Leukonychia Hair hair loss: Alopecia areata (Alopecia totalis, Alopecia universalis, Ophiasis) - Androgenic alopecia - Hypotrichosis - Telogen effluvium - Traction alopecia - Lichen planopilaris - Trichorrhexis nodosa other follicular disorders: Hypertrichosis (Hirsutism) - Acne vulgaris - Rosacea (Perioral dermatitis, Rhinophyma) - follicular cysts (Epidermoid cyst, Sebaceous cyst, Steatocystoma multiplex) - Pseudofolliculitis barbae - Hidradenitis suppurativa - Folliculitis Sweat glands eccrine (Miliaria, Anhidrosis) - apocrine (Body odor, Chromhidrosis, Fox-Fordyce disease) see also congenital, neoplasia ** cubicin.legalview.com/msn/170795/Staph skin infections on rise in U.S. Biloxi Sun Herald - A separate study in the journal reports the effectiveness of Cubicin, an antibiotic recently approved to treat bloodstream infections and heart inflammation caused by MRSA. However, doctors need to test skin infections to see what germ is causing them ... cubicin.legalview.com/msn/168267/Centre Daily - Antibiotics Bactrim and Vancocin (vancomycin) are often the first drugs used. Other drugs are Cleocin, Levaquin, Cubicin, Targocid, Zyvox, and Synercid. Some infections get better without antibiotics if the wound is drained, cleaned and dressed ... cubicin.legalview.com/msn/165830/eMaxHealth.com - Based on the trial, the Food and Drug Administration already has approved the drug - daptomycin - for treating heart infections and bacteremia , also known as bloodstream infection or blood poisoning, caused by S. aureus, according to Vance G. Fowler ... ** The dots are connecting.... Stopped at TT link: silentsuperbug-reference.blogspot.com/ Take a look- he's posting about Staph- endorsing a product also: Octenisan (for MRSA)
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Post by Jill on Aug 10, 2008 20:05:20 GMT -5
Learning lots more about the MTBE/TBA/PM1 issue. Now I know it's connected to Morgellons. There are other products used to remediate the MTBE/TB's- One I just found: Excerpt: Petrox 1 consists of multiple strains of patented Pseudomonas bacteria and contains a guaranteed minimum of 6 X108 colony-forming units (CFU) per mL of water. The bacterial strains in Petrox 1 are selectively bred to exhibit extremely versatile pathways for the degradation of MTBE and many other petroleum hydrocarbon contaminants. The microbes are then freeze-dried to achieve a state of "suspended animation" and placed in hermetically sealed bags to preserve their viability during storage and transport.www.cl-solutions.com/pages/success-MTBE-FLA.htmlwww.cl-solutions.com/pages/press-flash-MTBE.html Florida- remediation project. Seems the most remediation is California, Florida and Texas so far. Floridians should know they are getting Pseudomonas bacteria and heavens knows what else in their ground/drinking water.
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Post by Jill on Aug 10, 2008 20:22:28 GMT -5
www.waterwebster.com/MTBE.htmSnippets: Cancer survivors suspect the MTBE Pat Hannigan can't explain the cancers she and her husband survived. But, like others in this Hudson River town where drinking water is contaminated with the gasoline additive MTBE, she's trying to connect the dots. And she's not alone. Last week, following reports that MTBE is a "likely" carcinogen, Senate leaders demanded answers from the federal Environmental Protection Agency. In a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson, 19 Democrats, one Republican and one independent sought details of an internal study that reportedly concludes MTBE causes cancer. Times Herald Record_8/1/05 log on required **' Good bugs' cleaning up water tainted with MTBE Microscopic critters gobble gunk from millions of gallons or else To clean up a massive plume of MTBE in Los Angeles' drinking water supply, scientists have produced trillions of tiny "bugs" that feed on the toxic gasoline additive and leave the water pure enough to return to the aquifer. (I bet the product with the trillions of tiny "bugs" is PM1) The project is the first of its kind in Los Angeles, and officials rave that the superefficient microbes will restore millions of gallons of precious San Fernando Valley groundwater, which provides 10 percent of the city's drinking supply. "This is exciting because we're saving the water, and water is precious in the region," said Yue Rong, a senior environmental scientist with the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. San Bernardino County Sun_ 8/7/05 **
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Post by Jill on Aug 10, 2008 20:36:11 GMT -5
Recent lawsuit settlement:
S.J. towns to get share of lawsuit settlement By CAROL COMEGNO and RICHARD PEARSALL • Courier-Post Staff • June 26, 2008
Excerpt:
MOUNT HOLLY — A group of New Jersey water companies and municipalities will receive $67 million of a $422 million federal lawsuit settlement involving contaminated groundwater from a gasoline additive.
The Parker McCay law firm of Marlton announced Tuesday that 16 agencies it represents will receive $40 million to $45 million of the New Jersey money in the partial settlement.
Camden, Gloucester City, Penns Grove, Bridgeton, Point Pleasant, New Jersey American Water Co. Inc., Mount Laurel Municipal Utilities Authority and Mount Holly Water Co. are South Jersey claimants represented by the law firm. United Water Toms River Inc. was also one of its clients.
The $422 million settlement against major oil companies in U.S. District Court in New York City was for contamination by MTBE -- methyl tertiary butyl ether.
MTBE is an additive in unleaded gasoline that had been used since the 1980s to achieve more fuel efficiency when burned in vehicles. Leaking underground gasoline storage tanks was one way the additive got into groundwater that supplied wells.
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Older lawsuit- Lake Tahoe- the kick off for Chronic Fatigue:
khttp://www.ewg.org/node/14589
Excerpts:
The oil companies clearly knew MTBE was going to cause groundwater pollution," Walker said. "Knowing all of that, they went ahead and promoted MTBE as the oxygenate of choice to California and the EPA."
The verdicts reached Monday amount to a complete victory for the South Tahoe Public Utility District during the initial phase of the lawsuit, which it filed in 1998 after MTBE pollution forced the Tahoe water utility to close one-third of its drinking water wells.
After the verdict was reached, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Carlos Bea immediately placed a gag order on trial participants. The Tahoe district and oil companies, citing the gag order, declined to comment.
The next phase of the trial will focus on the amount of damages, in which the Tahoe district is seeking tens of millions of dollars in cleanup costs and punitive damages. It also wants to force the companies to "disgorge" profits made from MTBE manufacturing and sales.
Most of the 31 defendants named in the original lawsuit settled before the case reached the jury, paying the Tahoe district a total of $33 million. Chevron and Exxon last year paid the district $10 million and $12 million settlements, respectively.
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Post by Jill on Aug 10, 2008 20:41:42 GMT -5
Chevron, 11 Oil Companies to Pay $423 Million in MTBE LawsuitsPosted on May 8, 2008 by John Donovan. Categories: Bloomberg, Litigation, Pollution, Wikipedia. Bloomberg: Chevron, 11 Oil Companies to Pay $423 Million in MTBE Lawsuits By David Glovin Excerpt: May 8 (Bloomberg) — Water suppliers in 17 states will collect $423 million fromChevron Corp., BP Plc and 10 other oil companies as part of a settlement of contamination claims involving the gasoline additive MTBE. The suits claim the oil companies contaminated wells and underground aquifers across the country by adding methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, to gasoline as a way to reduce air pollution. They claim the oil companies hid information showing MTBE would cause “massive” contamination. The settlement was filed yesterday with U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlinin New York, who is presiding over the 59 settled lawsuits brought by 153 municipalities. The six oil companies and refineries that didn’t settle includeExxon Mobil Corp., the world’s biggest publicly traded oil company, according to Robert Gordon, a lawyer for the plaintiffs. The municipalities “will use the money to continue to treat water so that it is safe and pure,” Gordon said in a phone interview. end excerpt www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articleAID=/20080626/NEWS01/806260363/-1/towns64tinyurl.com/6qn8jkThe lawsuits/settlements- could be why gas prices are going up? Wait til the public finds out what the remediation products are doing. Round 2
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Post by Jill on Aug 14, 2008 18:19:20 GMT -5
I find numerous states with MTBE problems - now-2008 New Hampshire: www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1844Gasoline Additive MTBE Widespread in New Hampshire’s Ground Water Released: 1/2/2008 1:03:45 PM Contact Information: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Office of Communication 119 National Center Reston, VA 20192 Joseph Ayotte Phone: 603-226-7810 Keith Robinson Phone: 603-226-7807 Excerpt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The gasoline additive methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is widespread in New Hampshire's ground water, particularly in four counties -- Rockingham, Strafford, Hillsborough and Merrimack. Ground water from these counties was more likely to contain MTBE than were samples from the rest of the state. Across the state, however, the MTBE concentrations were significantly below the state drinking water limit and the federal drinking water advisory. These findings were released today by the U.S. Geological Survey. In Rockingham, Strafford, Hillsborough and Merrimack counties, cleaner-burning reformulated gasoline was mandated in 1995, but not in other counties in the state. "In the four counties using reformulated gasoline, we found MTBE at or above 0.2 parts per billion (ppb) in 30 percent of public supply wells and in 17 percent of the private homeowner wells," said USGS hydrologist, Joseph Ayotte, lead author of the study. "One in every three wells tested in Rockingham County had MTBE. In the most densely populated areas of the county, one in two wells tested contained MTBE," said Ayotte. "We also found that more than 70 percent of the water tested from wells serving mobile home communities in the state had MTBE. end excerpt 2008
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