Comments on: Use of words http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/04/09/use-of-words/ Resources for Morgellons investigators. Skeptical analysis and discussion. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:20:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tall Cotton http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/04/09/use-of-words/#comment-4 Tall Cotton Tue, 02 May 2006 15:37:00 +0000 http://208.109.216.142/?p=15#comment-4 One thing that confuses the issue is the way that Mary, from the Morgellons Research Foundation, describes the fibers as if they were all alike. They are clearly not all of the same type. Some of the Scattered Emission Micrographs at her website appear the fungal hyphae of Wangiella. Check Google Images of Hyphae. Wangiella is also pictured with the hyphae at AltaVista. Other micrographs appear to be paper or rayon. Paper is constructed of hollow cellulose tubes and rayon is constructed of solid cellulose rods. The round "beads" within the fibers are nothing more than reflected light. Hair without it's pigmentation will also produce the internal "beads". I think it's quite reasonable to suggest that some of these images are Kleenex or fuzz from bedding or clothing. Tall Cotton--> One thing that confuses the issue is the way that Mary, from the Morgellons Research Foundation, describes the fibers as if they were all alike. They are clearly not all of the same type. Some of the Scattered Emission Micrographs at her website appear the fungal hyphae of Wangiella. Check Google Images of Hyphae. Wangiella is also pictured with the hyphae at AltaVista.

Other micrographs appear to be paper or rayon. Paper is constructed of hollow cellulose tubes and rayon is constructed of solid cellulose rods. The round “beads” within the fibers are nothing more than reflected light. Hair without it’s pigmentation will also produce the internal “beads”. I think it’s quite reasonable to suggest that some of these images are Kleenex or fuzz from bedding or clothing.

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]]> By: Morgellons http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/04/09/use-of-words/#comment-3 Morgellons Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:02:00 +0000 http://208.109.216.142/?p=15#comment-3 Yes I have, an also, as you know: prokaryotes (Acetobacter xylinus, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Rhizobium spp. Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhimurium, Sarcina ventriculi) and eukaryotes, including animals (tunicates), algae, fungi, vascular plants such as mosses and ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms, and the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum. Care to pick something from this vast swathe of the biological kingdom? Personally I'd suspect angiosperms, but I'd be happy to hear evidence of something else. Yes I have, an also, as you know: prokaryotes (Acetobacter xylinus, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Rhizobium spp. Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhimurium, Sarcina ventriculi) and eukaryotes, including animals (tunicates), algae, fungi, vascular plants such as mosses and ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms, and the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum.

Care to pick something from this vast swathe of the biological kingdom? Personally I’d suspect angiosperms, but I’d be happy to hear evidence of something else.

]]> By: Anonymous http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/04/09/use-of-words/#comment-2 Anonymous Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:09:00 +0000 http://208.109.216.142/?p=15#comment-2 Ever heard of cellulose made from cyanobacteria. Seem to be making it at Brown Lab at University of Texas. Winged Schiff Ever heard of cellulose made from cyanobacteria. Seem to be making it at Brown Lab at University of Texas.

Winged Schiff

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