No, I didn't miss it. The agent you have here has nutrients that cause the spores to germinate, then kills them. I explored a similar substance about 3 years ago from Jeneil Biosurfactant Company when mixed with nutrients to coax the spores from their shells. It works, but for our application was too slow. If you can get a spore to crack it's shell, then it is easy to take out with nothing more toxic than a surfactant.
I think you will find that JBR-425 mixed with some Calcium Propionate and sugar is also effective. I was playing with this combination about 3 years ago. Adding CS would have made it even more effective but I found that this combination causes immediate aggregation and precipitation of the CS. :< The sugar causes germination, and the calcium speeds it up, and the JBR-425 surfactant zaps it. Works very well, but if you watch under a microscope you will see that the spore germinates first then is killed as a bacteria, not a spore. Marshall "Dean T. Miller" wrote: > Hi Marshall, > > On Mon, 01 Oct 2001 17:57:20 -0400, Marshall Dudley > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >This is not correct. Nothing is toxic to anthrax spores but extremely high > >temperatures, boiling in lye or chlorox or other highly reactive and toxic > >chemicals. > > Perhaps you missed this (from: > http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/9899/Sep30_98/22.htm ): > ************************************ > New anti-microbial agent destroys anthrax, kills flu virus > > By Sally Pobojewski > Health System Public Relations > > BCTP looks like skim milk. Laboratory rats gain weight when they > eat it. Spray it on your lawn and the grass will thrive. But according > to tests conducted by U-M scientists, this seemingly benign material > could be a potent weapon against anthrax--one of the deadliest > bacteria on Earth. It also has been found to be a quick and efficient > killer of influenza A virus in cell cultures and in the nasal passages > of laboratory mice. > > BCTP destroys anthrax, but doesn't hurt animals or the > environment > > In a presentation at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial > Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) on Sept. 26, Medical School > research associate Michael Hayes presented experimental evidence > of BCTP's ability to destroy anthrax spores both in a culture dish and > in mice exposed to anthrax through a skin incision. James > R. Baker Jr., professor of internal medicine and director of the > Center for Biologic Nanotechnology, directed the research > study. > > BCTP was developed by D. Craig Wright, chief research scientist at > Novavax Inc.--a bio-pharmaceutical company in > Columbia, Md.--and president of Novavax Biologics Division. The > material is made of water, soybean oil, Triton X 100 > detergent and the solvent tri-n-butyl phosphate. > > "One of the most remarkable characteristics of this material is its > ability to rapidly destroy a wide variety of dangerous bacteria > and viruses, while remaining non-toxic to people, animals or the > environment," Baker says. > > BCTP's effectiveness against anthrax spores is especially significant > because they are so difficult to kill. "Spores are like > freeze-dried bacteria," Baker explains. "Their tough outer coat is > resistant to disinfectants, freezing, drought, virtually anything > we can throw at them. Spores can survive in the environment for many > years and still generate live bacteria when given the right > combination of water, nutrients and temperature." > ************************************ > > -- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF > > -- > 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]>
