Biomineralization Induced by Stressed Nanobacteria

Sommer, Andrei P.; Pretorius, Anne-Marié; Kajander, E. Olavi; Oron, Uri

doi:10.1021/cg034121x

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“…Cultured nanobacteria have been observed to respond to physiological and biomechanical stress by spontaneously releasing substantial amounts of a slime. This suggests that nanobacteria circulating in the blood would respond to stress in their environment similarly, and potentially induce kidney stones [3,4] by forming slime-interconnected conglomerates, or heart disease [5,6] by acting as thrombogenic nuclei. HIVinfected patients are extremely vulnerable to opportunistic infectious agents.…”

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“…Being protected by shells consisting of apatite, NB may compete with bone for calcium and phosphate, while circulating in the blood [2]. In the laboratory, cultured NB responded to physiological stress in their environment by synthesizing slime [3]. Slime facilitates colony formation -a precondition securing the survival of microorganisms in a hostile environment.…”

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Keeping nanobacterial infections at bay during space travel

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Wickramasinghe²

2004

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

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“…Telomere shortening in white blood cells is a marker of biological aging of the cardiovascular system [8] . One mechanism by which variations in the blood milieu induced by psychophysiological stress probably encourage NB in the circulation to establish plaques and trigger myocardial infarction has been described by us in a model study [9] . Possibly, there exist cooperative effects between the individual factors telomere shortening and interruption of metabolic processes in mitochondria due to a rapid invasion of the heart by NB.…”

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Nanobacteria, HIV and Magic Bullets – Update of Perspectives 2005

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Milánkovits

Mester

2006

Chemotherapy

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In 1997 a Finnish group speculated on the presence of nanobacteria in vaccines. In 2001, a report on the identification of nanobacteria in a number of vaccines attracted much attention. Experiments indicated that viable nanobacteria are excreted via urine. Their extreme survivability suggests that prior to discussing any possible contamination of vaccines, sources and routes of natural infection need to be examined. In view of 30,000,000 HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa, the recently reported occurrence of nanobacteria in HIV-infected patients deserves concern. Clearly, it could indicate the origin of a giant reservoir and dissemination cycle. Here we discuss novel therapeutic strategies to prevent or reduce nanobacterial infection. In regard of the rapid progress in this field, we start with a brief introductory summary, and analyze possible implications.

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Biomineralization Induced by Stressed Nanobacteria

Cited by 22 publications

References 24 publications

HIV and nanobacteria

HIV and nanobacteria

Keeping nanobacterial infections at bay during space travel

Nanobacteria, HIV and Magic Bullets – Update of Perspectives 2005

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