Bob, Good lesson. I've been diagonosed with a mycoplasmal infection...oh can't remember its name now...but it is intercellular and causes the symptoms of Gulf war syndrome. Many believe it to be genetically engineered. The theory is it can only be killed after a cell has died and the mycoplasma is in the bloodstream. It carries part of the cell with it to elude the immune system. This is one reason I am interested in whether working with pH might affect the cell terrain and make it a poor habitat for the mycoplasma.
~^^V^^~ At 06:48 PM 7/26/99 -0500, you wrote: >Reid Smith wrote: >> >> > All cells, plant and animal have cell membranes. >> > In addition plant cells have a cell wall. >> > Animal cells *never* have a cell wall. > -snip- >> Interesting I wonder if-how these cell wall defecient cells relate to >> the mycoplasum that is talked about causing problems in some humans? >> >> Take Care >> Reid > > Hi Reid and Listers, > > Very interesting that you mention *mycoplasma*, a unique cell indeed. > We need a little background first for the benefit of listers who may >not be familiar with mycoplasma. A little zoology please. > > Animal cells have cell membranes of -- protein and lipid. > Plant cells have membranes and-- walls of Cellulose (rigid). > Bacteria cells have membranes and-- walls of Peptidoglycan (flexible). > Viruses have a protein coat. No membrane or wall. > > There are five generally recognized life *kingdoms*: > Monera; no nuclear membrane or other membrane-bound parts. > Protista; single celled eukaryotes. > Fungi; produce spores, lack chlorophyll. > Plante; cellulose walls, have chlorophyll, vascular systems. > Animalia; multicellular, specialized organs, heterotrophic. > > All these kingdoms are composed of two catagories of cells; > Prokaryotes; no nuclear membrane. > Eukaryotes; have a nuclear membrane. > > Kingdom *Monera* is composed of *prokaryote* cells only. > All other kingdoms are composed of *eukaryote* cells. > Our bodies (Animalia) are eukaryote cells, we eat (Plante and >Animalia) eukaryote cells. > > Now lets look at the mycoplasma. It is in the kingdom Monera, >prokaryote cells. It has been called half animal and half plant and part >virus. Our body sees the mycoplasma cell and doesn`t know what to do >with it. > Penicillin won`t work on it, mycoplasma has no cell wall to destroy; >thats what penicillin does. Most things don`t work against mycoplasma. > Mycoplasma will do some nasty things to the human body. > Margulis and Schwartz want to place Mycoplasmas and Spiroplasmas in a >*phylum* called Aphragmabacteria, because they differ from all other >bacteria in that they lack cell walls. > > Medically, mycoplasma are a genus of minute pleomorphic gram-negative >nonmotile prokaryotic microorganism (family Mycoplasmataceae) without >cell walls, that are intermediate between bacteria and viruses. > > Mycoplasma is the cause of *pleuropneumonia*, pleurisy accompanied by >pneumonia. It is highly contagious and affects cattle, goats, sheep and >horses (M.mycoides). It is also a contagious fatal respiratory disease >of young pigs (H.pleuropneumoniae). > M.leprae causes Hanson`s diease and M.lepraemurium cause leprosy in >man. Then there is M.tuberculosis, the cause of the tubercle bacilli in >humans(TB), and the bovine type and the avian type and the reptile type, >etc.& etc.. The M.bovine is a cow and cattle diease which is passed to >humans thru ingestion of milk and beef, it causes TB of the bones and >lymphatic system. Human TB may affect any tissue of the body but most of >the time it is in the lungs. > Keep taking that CS. :-) > > Bless you Bob Lee >-- >Oozing on the muggy shore of the gulf coast > l...@fbtc.net > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> > > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
