these are excerpts from different articles from the internet. we're both right!
Untitled Document The intestinal tract of many insects has been shown to harbour a large ... by the gut bacterial flora of the ... community in the termite... From: http://lamar.colostate.edu/~insects/systems/digestion/plenuryrd.html Protozoan Parasites Images of the water-borne parasites Cryptosporidium parvum, Entamoeba histolytica, and Giardia lamblia. From: http://www.cellsalive.com/parasit.htm This slide shows several stained specimens of Trichonympha, one of several symbiotic zooflagellates that live in the intestines of some termites. These mutualistic protozoans have the enzymes necessary to digest cellulose in wood the insects eat. In exchange, the protozoans benefit from a continuous supply of energy-rich cellulose and from the suitable anerobic environment of the host's gut. Interestingly, although Trichonympha has many typical eucaryotic flagella, there are other flagellates inhabiting the termite gut whose "flagella" are actually motile bacteria clinging to the sides of the protozoan. The synchronized movements of some of these bacteria help the protozoan move through the medium; the benefits to the bacteria from this mutualistic relationship are less clear! http://www.bioweb.uwlax.edu/zoolab/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Marshall Dudley Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 2:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS> CS and termites It is not a parasite, it is the intestinal flora of the termite. It is believed that CS will kill the bacteria, and thus the termite, but I am not aware of any tests run on termites. It has been confirmed that CS will kill honeybees by that route though. Marshall INGRID KROPP-OVERSTREET wrote: > inside of a termite digestive tracts are parasite that convert the > wood into a useful source of energy. with out these parasites the > termite would die of starvation. so if it if it were to eat food with > CS would it kill the parasite? -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
