And thanks again Marshall. I do get it now. Jo
-----Original Message----- From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, September 27, 1999 7:32 AM Subject: Re: CS>Re: silver-digest Digest V99 #593 >Mercer wrote: > >> So is anaerobic a good bug and aerobic a bad bug? (Or visa versa?) >> >> I hope I'm not trying your patience too much here but I am just learning >> about this. >> >> Jo > >Generally speaking most people consider anaerobic bacteria (non-oxygen >breathing) as bad, and aerobic bacteria as good. However this is a very crude >measure for several reasons. Many bacteria can switch modes at will depending >on the environment. Also many problems are caused by aerobic bacteria especiall >if a person has a compromised immunes system, or if the bacteria is misplaced, >ie. intestinal bacteria in the womb. > >The "bad" anaerobic bacteria can also be good, for instance the bacteria that >sours vinager does so in an anaerobic environment, and I believe some drugs are >manufactured by anaerobic bacteria. Wine and other alcoholic beverages are >produced by yeast (which is not a bacteria) in an anaerobic environment as well. > >Marshall > > >-- >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: >[email protected] -or- [email protected] >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
