According to Dr. Bart A. Flick, no bacteria resistant to silver has been identified. He says that they found one which lived in silver-rich soil. It was resistant. When they grew a few generations in a silver-free environment, it became vulnerable to silver.
JOH -----Original Message----- From: Keith Emerson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 1:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>On the Form of Silver in CS that Makes it Germicidal Roger, Culture some common bacteria and when the colonies are well established sprinkle some powdered silver over the petri dish. Where the silver particles land, the colonies will die and you will have your evidence. This assumes of course that you don't start with a strain resistant to silver. Keith (can spell my own name on occasion...) In a message dated 3/26/01 9:13:42 AM EST, [email protected] writes: =>Dean: Well, do we have ANY evidence that silver particles have =>germicidal properties? =>Roger _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -- 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] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
