Pseudomonas aeruginosa--Morgellons Co-Infection?

[Katinka]

Is this another aspect to consider?

Research could lead to new non-antibiotic drugs to counter hospital infections | The University of Chicago

Lack of an adequate amount of the mineral phosphate can turn a common bacterium into a killer....

Clinicians have long known that after an operation or organ surgery, levels of inorganic phosphate fall.


The authors of the PNAS paper, led by scientists at the University of Chicago, hypothesized that phosphate depletion itself signals P. aeruginosa to become lethal when present in the intestinal tract of a stressed host.
To test this theory, they let worms (Caenorhabditis elegans) feed on “lawns” of P. aeruginosa and Escherichia coli grown in both low-phosphate and high-phosphate media.


What about this? Could it be that insects/worms sort of morph after contact with PA? Is here the water connection too?


Only the worms that ate P. aeruginosa with low levels of phosphate died. The researchers dubbed the phenomenon “Red Death” since unexpected large red spots appeared inside the digestive tube of worms before they died.



When worms (Caenorhabditis elegans) ate the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa that were raised on low levels of phosphates, unexpected large red spots appeared in their digestive tubes.

The worms then died, so researchers dubbed the condition “Red Death.”

They theorized that providing P. aeruginosa with phosphate would protect weakened or immunosuppressed hospital patients from this lethal pathogen.

So...high levels of phosphates is the clou?? hmm...

Kat

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Originally Posted by Katinka

Gosh Kam**, when I look at your video, doesn't it look like those 'fibers' are somehow attached/integrated to/in the bacteria...like they seem to feed on it?
Kat

Yes. There's some serious quorum sensing going on. We read how this bacteria is so antibiotic resistant - that we must take one of those quorum sensing ones listed in order to rid this! This isn't any ordinary bacteria, this is a mean one!

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Originally Posted by Katinka

These pictures look quite similar to what shows in Kam's dish:





The Same but Different: 30 times magnified image of colonies from four different strains of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa (a human pathogen under some conditions) as it is grown under routine laboratory conditions.

Even though they are all the same bacteria it is clearly visible how the bacteria have adapted their morphology to survive in their respective environments.


Kat

This is an earlier photo that looks like a match to the one on the bottom left:

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PA with the solution, cultured 6/5, human sample @100x -

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I believe this is PA again?, (without the solution) taken 3/24/09, human sample @100x. Earlier we saw this photo and remarked how it resembled a Lyme bacteria?

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If I had all the photos lined up, I believe I could show how this sphere below...



eventually turns into this:



then to this:

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What do you think, Katj**? Am I close...? Input anyone... we need help figuring this out?

[Katinka]

Originally Posted by Kammy

I believe this is PA again, (without the solution) taken 3/24/09, human sample @100x. Earlier we saw this photo and remarked how it resembled a Lyme bacteria?

Not sure about this one Kam**, you say it's PA?...

I would say it's Aspergillus Niger like we identified before..those black spores and hyphae are significant for this type of fungi.

We need to do more tests....maybe it would be helpful to check on the cultures daily? take pictures in order to see how it changes it's appearance after a period of time?

Kat

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Good idea, Kat... it's just too hard to say... what all is happening except that I think we're getting closer...?

It's there for whoever wants to put in their 2 cents worth.

[howie]

pa does form tendrils... i found a cute representation of this! a good microbiologist could confirm it for you.

this came from socialfiction.org/?tag=bacteriopoetics

Tendril Patterns

- Posted: 08.Jun.2006.

Rhamnolipid surfactants modulate the distinct tendril patterns formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa swarming across semisolid medium. The image shows the outline of the swarming pattern formed by the wild-type P. aeruginosa strain PA14 against a false-color background.

i attached the pic so hopefully it shows up...