Gulf Blue Plague: COREXIT + BACTERIA = MUTATED VIRUSES *now confirmed* | |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1083094 United States 08/29/2010 01:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | protip: bacterias are not viruses. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1082560As the article clearly states, Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. BACTERIOPHAGES In the early 20th century, an English bacteriologist named Frederick Twort discovered a group of certain viruses that infect bacteria. These particular viral infected bacteria are now called bacteriophages or, simply, phages. Bacteriophages are viruses that change the DNA of bacteria. Many types of bacteriophages exist. Some simply infect the host bacteria while others insert into and alter the bacterial chromosome. Bacteriophages are a common and diverse group of viruses and are the most abundant form of biological entity in aquatic environments — there are up to ten times more of these viruses in the oceans than there are bacteria, reaching levels of 250,000,000 bacteriophages per milliliter of seawater. These viruses infect specific bacteria by binding to surface receptor molecules and then entering the cell. Within a short amount of time, in some cases just minutes, bacterial polymerase starts translating viral mRNA into protein. These proteins go on to become either new virions within the cell, helper proteins, which help assembly of new virions, or proteins involved in cell lysis. Viral enzymes aid in the breakdown of the cell membrane, and, in the case of the T4 phage, in just over twenty minutes after injection over three hundred phages could be released. [link to en.wikipedia.org] As you can imagine, the amount of these viral infected bacteria - or bacteriophages - in the Gulf of Mexico are immeasurable. They are the most prevalent biological creature in all that sea water. What we’re seeing in the Gulf of Mexico is a vast microorganism community of bacteriological viruses (bacteriophages) that are prime candidates for mutation if certain factors are present, such as mutagenic chemicals. |
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Hades! User ID: 1038633 United States 08/29/2010 02:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Actually, while the title of the thread apparently makes no sense, the article is about mutated viruses that attack bacteria, and so it does make sense... and is scary stuff, if true. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1059702Thanks OiF! I have to agree with you. If your happy and you know it clap your hands! |
lemurianlove User ID: 1083231 United Kingdom 08/29/2010 02:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thank you Michael Edward for all you do. Wake up people.... Slumber time is over! love & Light ~ Last Edited by lemurianlove on 08/29/2010 04:10 PM Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time: effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end. ~ Germaine De Stael |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1075160 Canada 08/29/2010 03:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OiF, I have a question. What makes the use of Corexit in the GOM different from the use of it on the oil from the Exxon Valdez? Is it a different chemical makeup that makes the current Corexit more dangerous? With the Corexit used at the Exxon Valdez, it has had many years to incubate, and has not turned into a plague. I am asking out of curiosity. |
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lemurianlove User ID: 1083231 United Kingdom 08/29/2010 04:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm gonna bump this again! (my comment above btw) Last Edited by lemurianlove on 08/29/2010 04:06 PM Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time: effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end. ~ Germaine De Stael |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1073750 United States 08/29/2010 05:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I see that this latest article is on the Rense site again....so why is this thread not pinned? Surely it should be! Am I missing something here? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1083231PIN PIN PIN...... Why should this get pinned? It's a bunch of tidbits from Wiki and a big jump putting together a doom scenario. Viruses mutate all the time, (that's how they survive), nothing new. |
Oiled in Florida (OP) User ID: 1083094 United States 08/29/2010 05:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Why should this get pinned? It's a bunch of tidbits from Wiki and a big jump putting together a doom scenario. Viruses mutate all the time, (that's how they survive), nothing new. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1073750Viruses usually don't have a chemical mutagenic agent like Corexit or high amounts of Benzene to rapidly accelerate their mutated DNA or RNA growth... especially in a warm water environment like the Gulf of Mexico. Since it's nothing new for you, how about you move to the Gulf coast and then you can let us know how you feel in a week or two. |
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Oiled in Florida (OP) User ID: 1083094 United States 08/29/2010 06:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OiF, Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1075160I have a question. What makes the use of Corexit in the GOM different from the use of it on the oil from the Exxon Valdez? Is it a different chemical makeup that makes the current Corexit more dangerous? With the Corexit used at the Exxon Valdez, it has had many years to incubate, and has not turned into a plague. I am asking out of curiosity. Firstly, we don't know the formulation of the Corexit variants they're now using in the Gulf. They are proprietary formulas. Secondly is that the water in the Gulf of Mexico is a much higher temperature than the water was during the Exxon Valdez spill. The Gulf is like a bathtub and a perfect place to breed bacteria and bacteriophages (viral infected bacteria). The waters in Alaska are much colder and promote much less microorganism growth. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1075160 Canada 08/29/2010 09:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OiF, Quoting: Oiled in FloridaI have a question. What makes the use of Corexit in the GOM different from the use of it on the oil from the Exxon Valdez? Is it a different chemical makeup that makes the current Corexit more dangerous? With the Corexit used at the Exxon Valdez, it has had many years to incubate, and has not turned into a plague. I am asking out of curiosity. Firstly, we don't know the formulation of the Corexit variants they're now using in the Gulf. They are proprietary formulas. Secondly is that the water in the Gulf of Mexico is a much higher temperature than the water was during the Exxon Valdez spill. The Gulf is like a bathtub and a perfect place to breed bacteria and bacteriophages (viral infected bacteria). The waters in Alaska are much colder and promote much less microorganism growth. Thank you! |
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