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Post by moabiter on Sept 29, 2010 0:12:39 GMT -8
Toxicologist says oil-eating microbes are GENETICALLY MODIFIED -- may cause MRSA-like infection www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN_GC_yiH-YMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by a strain of staph bacteria that's become resistant to the antibiotics commonly used to treat ordinary staph infections. Dr. Riki Ott Interview, Ring of Fire (Mike Papanatonio, Esq.), September 25, 2010: Transcript Excerpt The problem is that in our wisdom some of our scientists have decided to see if they could tinker with the genes of this bacteria to see if it could eat oil better. So now we have bio-engineered bacteria out there chomping oil. Does anybody have any idea what this does to people? Some of the medical community have found that these gram-negative bacteria, specifically Alcanivorax [borkumensis], the super-bug, can cause a MRSA like infection.
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Post by clone on Sept 29, 2010 18:45:21 GMT -8
More reports of flesh-eating bacteria in the Gulf -- Feds funding how it will be affected by oil www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwBYbAi8gbcRecent reports from around the Gulf: July 8, September 22, and September 9. The National Science Foundation awarded a rapid response grant to oil spill researchers to examine the oil's effect on Vibrio vulnificus. From the NSF website on June 21, 2010: How are the oysters faring with the oil spill? The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a rapid response grant to scientists Crystal Johnson, Gary King and Ed Laws of Louisiana State University (LSU) to find out. The researchers will look at how the abundance and virulence of naturally-occurring bacteria called Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus, often found in oyster beds, may change in response to the spill. The findings will provide insights into vibrios' ability to "consume" oil, and will allow the biologists to uncover antibiotic compounds in certain species of phytoplankton that live in association with vibrios. "Adaptation to the spilled oil may result in an increase in some types of vibrios," says Johnson. "We believe that vibrios will change in response to the stress of direct exposure to oil and/or to indirect effects of interactions with other species affected by oil." Vibrios... may even help break down the components of the oil. "Little is known about how microbes--in the water, along coasts, and associated with other species--are affected by the spill," says Phillip Taylor, acting director of NSF's Ocean Sciences Division. "Through this NSF rapid response grant, these scientists will be able to track the oil's effects on marine species living in the Gulf, and by extension, the possible threat to human health." ... "Oil-induced changes in phytoplankton community composition and their associated bacterial communities are related to changes in vibrio abundance," he says. Some species of phytoplankton in Louisiana and Mississippi coastal waters may excrete antibiotics that inhibit the growth of vibrios, according to Laws.
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Post by clone on Oct 26, 2010 20:02:26 GMT -8
GULF BLUE PLAGUE: It's Not Wise to Fool Mother Nature 24 Oct 2010, 15:08 SYNTHETIC GENOMICS On June 13, 2007, BP made a long-term research and development deal and an undisclosed equity investment into a company named Synthetic Genomics Inc. based in Rockville, Maryland. Synthetic Genomics was co-founded by Dr. J. Craig Venter to commercialize genomic-driven technologies. (1) Genomics is the scientific study of the entire DNA sequence of an organism's genome. A genome is all the genetic information in the chromosomes of an organism, including its genes and DNA sequences. BP/Synthetic Genomics recovered the DNA from subsurface hydrocarbon substrates (biological organisms in crude oil) and applied DNA “sequencing methods” to them. (1) What this means is that they took the DNA from underground crude oil reservoir microbial cells, such as bacteria or viruses, and cultured them in a lab to identify, isolate, and interpret their chemical and genetic properties. Additional “sequencing methods” beyond the initial identity and isolation stages were also carried out. A central part of the deal between BP and Synthetic Genomics was to create biological transfer processes for crude oil that would lead to improved recovery rates. (1) Their goal was to develop new microbes with lab created genomes that would improve the flow of gas and oil out of a reservoir. For an oil producer like BP, more oil and gas being recovered from a source translates into more profits. This process is known as Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR). Article: worldvisionportal.org/wvpforum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=1031
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Post by clone on Oct 26, 2010 20:03:51 GMT -8
ETC Group News Release 20 May 2010 www.etcgroup.org Synthia is Alive … and Breeding: Panacea or Pandora's Box? As Craig Venter announces lab-made life, ETC Group calls for Global Moratorium on Synthetic Biology. In a paper published today in the journal Science, the J. Craig Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics Inc announced the laboratory creation of the world's first self-reproducing organism whose entire genome was built from scratch by a machine.(1) The construction of this synthetic organism, anticipated and dubbed "Synthia" by the ETC Group three years ago, will stir a firestorm of controversy over the ethics of building artificial life and the implications of the largely unknown field of synthetic biology. www.etcgroup.org/en/node/5142
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Post by clone on Oct 29, 2010 21:42:34 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Nov 1, 2010 19:36:39 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Nov 9, 2010 20:40:46 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Nov 27, 2010 21:37:07 GMT -8
THE WALKING DEAD - PART I: HOW THE GULF BLUE PLAGUE (BP) BEGAN 19 Nov 2010, 15:21 On August 24, 2010, it was revealed that a team of scientists, headed by Terry Hazen, had found that microbial activity of “a new and unclassified species was degrading the oil in the Gulf of Mexico much faster than anticipated” during a May 25 through June 2, 2010 study. You don’t anticipate something unless you specifically know the previously established scientifically controlled characteristics of what you’re studying. Obviously, they knew what the expected rate of degradation for this novel and uncategorized genus of microorganism was and they were able to scientifically measure the rate of degradation based on its identified degradation rate. In other words, they knew what the microorganism was even though it’s officially not yet classified. Hazen should know. He has studied numerous oil-spill sites in the past and is the leader of the Ecology Department and Center for Environmental Biotechnology at Berkeley Lab’s Earth Sciences Division. He conducted this specific Gulf of Mexico research under an existing grant he holds with the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI). EBI is a partnership led by the University of California (UC) Berkeley and includes Berkeley Lab along with the University of Illinois. The grant is for the specific study of “microbial enhanced hydrocarbon recovery” or, in simpler terms, the study of how to use microorganisms, such as bacteria, to cause a greater amount of oil to flow out of a crude oil reservoir. Should it be a surprise to anyone that this particular grant is exclusively funded by a USD $500 million 10-year grant from British Petroleum? worldvisionportal.org/wvpforum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=1068
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Post by clone on Nov 27, 2010 21:51:55 GMT -8
THE WALKING DEAD - PART I: HOW THE GULF BLUE PLAGUE (BP) BEGAN - 19 Nov 2010, 15:21
... Hazen should know. He has studied numerous oil-spill sites in the past and is the leader of the Ecology Department and Center for Environmental Biotechnology at Berkeley Lab’s Earth Sciences Division. He conducted this specific Gulf of Mexico research under an existing grant he holds with the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI). EBI is a partnership led by the University of California (UC) Berkeley and includes Berkeley Lab along with the University of Illinois. The grant is for the specific study of “microbial enhanced hydrocarbon recovery” or, in simpler terms, the study of how to use microorganisms, such as bacteria, to cause a greater amount of oil to flow out of a crude oil reservoir. Should it be a surprise to anyone that this particular grant is exclusively funded by a USD $500 million 10-year grant from British Petroleum?
worldvisionportal.org/wvpforum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=1068 Further - "The oil-eating bacteria they introduced into the Gulf would be able to eat the oil at an accelerated rate if there were more iron, but typical Gulf water naturally has a very low trace of iron. But according to rainwater tests from Gulf rainclouds, Iron and other elements are being added to the Gulf waters. Perhaps now you can understand that the “dispersant” formula being used also contains elemental nutrients, such as iron, copper, manganese, nickel, and aluminum to enhance and feed the SG bacterium placed into the Gulf to eat up the oil. "Mutations of the plankton have already been verified by University of Southern Florida (USF) scientists months ago. Once this important marine food source has RNA mutations, then everything up the entire food chain is affected. That includes humans who consume fish or crustaceans. What are we facing? More than we can comprehend. Once you alter the bottom of the food chain, you alter everything from that point on. The Gulf Blue Plague is a reality and has been for many months. It’s a worldwide problem. "Wherever the Gulf wind blows and wherever the Gulf water flows. "Syntholeispirea Gulfmexicana (SG) exhibits a 90% or higher match to this RNA sequence. Now every scientist can verify what already exists. 1 ggcggcaggc ctaacacatg caagtcgagc ggaaacgaag gtagcttgct accaggcgtc 61 gagcggcgga cgggtgagta atgcttagga atctaccgag tagtggggga tagccattgg 121 aaacgatgat taataccgca tatatcctac gggggaaagc aggggacctt cgggccttgc 181 gctattcgat gagcctgagt gagattagct agttggtggg gtaaaggcct accaaggcga 241 cgatctctag ctggtctgag aggatgatca gccacactgg gactgagaca cggcccagac 301 tcctacggga ggcagcagtg gggaatattg cacaatggac gaaagtctga tgcagccatg 361 ccgcgtgtgt gaagaaggcc ttcgggttgt aaagcacttt cagcgaggag gaaaggtcag 421 taagtaatat ttgctggctg tgacgttact cgcagaagaa gcaccggcta atttagtgcc 481 agcagccgcg gtaatactaa aggtgcaagc gttaatcgga attactgggc gtaaagcgcg 541 cgtaggtggt ttgttaagtt ggatgtgaaa gcccagggct caaccttgga actgcattca 601 aaactgactc actagagtac gagagaggtt agtggaattt cctgtgtagc ggtgaaatgc 661 gtagagatgg gaaggaacac cagtggcgaa ggcgactgac tggctcgata ctgacactga 721 ggtgcgaaag cgtggggagc aaacgggatt agataccccg gtagtccacg ccgtaaacga 781 tgtctactag ccgttggagg acttgatcct ttagtggcgc agctaacgcg ataagtagac 841 cgcctgggga gtacggtcgc aagattaaaa ctcaaatgaa ttgacggggg cccgcacaag 901 cggtggagca tgtggtttaa ttcgaagcaa cgcgaagaac cttacctact cttgacatcc 961 agtgaacttt tgagagatca attggtgcct tcgggaacac tgagacaggt gctgcatggc 1021 tgtcgtcagc tcgtgttgtg aaatgttggg ttaagtcccg taacgagcgc aacccttgtc 1081 cttagttacc atcattaagt tggggactct aaggagactg ccggtgacaa accggaggaa 1141 ggcggggacg acgtcaagtc atcatggccc ttacgagtag ggctacacac gtgctacaat 1201 ggcatgtaca aagggttgcc aagccgcgag gtggagctaa tcccataaag catgtcgtag 1261 tccggattgg agtctgcaac tcgactccat gaagtcggaa tcgctagtaa tcgtgaatca 1321 gaatgtcacg gtgaatacgt tcccgggcct tgtacacacc gcccgtcaca ccatgggagt 1381 gggttgctcc agaagtagat agcttaacct tcgggagggc gtttaccagg agtattc"
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Post by clone on Nov 27, 2010 22:03:49 GMT -8
Has The Oil Really Gone? - Stephen Fry and the Great American Oil Spill - BBC Two BBC | November 10, 2010 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zgKfy0dqiUStephen Fry: "There is a NEW form of MICRO BIOLOGY that is ATTACKING this plume and using it as a FOOD SOURCE."
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Post by synthia on Jan 15, 2011 22:42:25 GMT -8
Craig Venter, Synthetic Genomics: "Some people prefer to live in a cave and work with whale oil lamps. Right?"Although high-profile backers of synthetic biology now occupy key positions in the US Obama administration(5) there still remains no proper national or international oversight of new high-risk, technologies that carry vast implications for humanity and the natural world. In 2006, ETC Group joined with other organizations to demand the formal, open and inclusive oversight of synthetic biology(6) and have since called for a global halt on research pending the development of global regulations. ETC Group has reiterated that call at a scientific meeting of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Nairobi attended by more than 100 governments.(7) farmwars.info/?p=2939
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Post by clone on Feb 3, 2011 0:50:32 GMT -8
Permanent Biological Contamination of the Gulf February 1st, 2011 by Michael Edward of blueplague.orgSYNTHETIC GENES ARE CROSSING SPECIES BARRIERS While natural viruses and bacteria respect species barriers, the storm of artificial genetics created by synthetic biology engineers – in order to eliminate the flow of crude oil and gasses in the Gulf of Mexico – are actually designed to cross species barriers. This has created new viral and bacterial pathogens never seen before. It is directly responsible for the spreading of drug and antibiotic resistant viral and bacterial outbreaks along the Gulf Coast, a pestilence that I have named The Gulf Blue Plague. HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER Genetic engineering – synthetic biology – involves designing artificial genes to deliberately cross species barriers by invading their genetic makeup. Simply explained, it improves the direct transfer of genetic material to an unrelated species. This is called Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT), or Lateral Gene Transfer (LGT), and is usually accomplished with the conveyance of genes by infectious viruses named bacteriophages, or simply ‘phages’. LGT or HGT is any process in which an organism transfers genetic material (i.e., DNA) to another cell that is not its offspring. It has been used by genetic engineers to make Transgenic Organisms... As I’ve been saying for months, “Wherever the Gulf Wind Blows and the Gulf Water Flows” worldvisionportal.org/wordpress/index.php/2011/02/gulf-synthetic-genes-crossing-species-barriers/
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Post by bp ops on May 7, 2011 21:18:12 GMT -8
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