<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Non Chosen News Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://ncnblogger.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[AdamS]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://ncnblogger.wordpress.com/author/adamncnblogger/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Oh Dear. E Coli Not From Cucumbers &#8211; A&nbsp;Bioweapon?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://ncnblogger.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/spain-agriculture-minister-rosa-aguilar-eats-cucumber.gif"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="190" data-permalink="https://ncnblogger.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/oh-dear-e-coli-not-from-cucumbers-a-bioweapon/spain-agriculture-minister-rosa-aguilar-eats-cucumber/" data-orig-file="https://ncnblogger.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/spain-agriculture-minister-rosa-aguilar-eats-cucumber.gif" data-orig-size="305,220" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Spain-Agriculture-Minister-Rosa-Aguilar-Eats-Cucumber" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://ncnblogger.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/spain-agriculture-minister-rosa-aguilar-eats-cucumber.gif?w=300" data-large-file="https://ncnblogger.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/spain-agriculture-minister-rosa-aguilar-eats-cucumber.gif?w=305" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-190" title="Spain-Agriculture-Minister-Rosa-Aguilar-Eats-Cucumber" src="https://ncnblogger.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/spain-agriculture-minister-rosa-aguilar-eats-cucumber.gif?w=305&#038;h=220" alt="Spain-Agriculture-Minister-Rosa-Aguilar-Eats-Cucumber" width="305" height="220" /></a></p>
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<h1>The genetic code reveals the history</h1>
<p>When scientists at Germany&#8217;s<br />
<em>Robert Koch Institute</em> decoded the genetic makeup of the O104 strain, they<br />
found it to be resistant to all the following classes and combinations of<br />
antibiotics:</p>
<p>• penicillins<br />
• tetracycline<br />
• nalidixic acid<br />
• trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazol<br />
• cephalosporins<br />
• amoxicillin / clavulanic acid<br />
• piperacillin-sulbactam<br />
• piperacillin-tazobactam</p>
<p>In<br />
addition, this O104 strain posses an ability to produce special enzymes that<br />
give it what might be called &#8220;bacteria superpowers&#8221; known technically as<br />
<strong>ESBLs</strong>:</p>
<p>&#8220;Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBLs) are enzymes that<br />
can be produced by bacteria making them resistant to cephalosporins e.g.<br />
cefuroxime, cefotaxime and ceftazidime &#8211; which are the most widely used<br />
antibiotics in many hospitals,&#8221; explains the Health Protection Agency in the UK<br />
(<a href="http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/InfectiousDiseases/InfectionsAZ/ESBLs/" target="_blank">http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/Infect&#8230;</a>).</p>
<p>On top of<br />
that, this O104 strain possesses two genes &#8212; <strong>TEM-1 and CTX-M-15</strong> &#8212; that<br />
&#8220;have been making doctors shudder since the 1990s,&#8221; reports <em>The Guardian</em><br />
(<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/05/deadly-ecoli-resistance-antibiotic-misuse" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentis&#8230;</a>). And why do they make doctors shudder? Because they&#8217;re so deadly that many people infected with such<br />
bacteria experience <strong>critical organ failure</strong>and simply die.</p>
<h1>Bioengineering a deadly superbug</h1>
<p>So how, exactly, does a bacterial<br />
strain come into existence that&#8217;s resistant to <strong>over a dozen antibiotics in<br />
eight different drug classes</strong> and features two deadly gene mutations plus<br />
ESBL enzyme capabilities?</p>
<p>There&#8217;s really only one way this happens (and<br />
only one way) &#8212; you have to <em>expose this strain of e.coli</em> to all eight<br />
classes of antibiotics drugs. Usually this isn&#8217;t done at the same time, of<br />
course: You first expose it to penicillin and find the surviving colonies which<br />
are resistant to penicillin. You then take those surviving colonies and expose<br />
them to tetracycline. The surviving colonies are now resistant to both<br />
penicillin and tetracycline. You then expose them to a sulfa drug and collect<br />
the surviving colonies from that, and so on. It is a process of <strong>genetic<br />
selection</strong> done in a laboratory with a desired outcome. This is essentially<br />
how some <strong>bioweapons</strong> are engineered by the U.S. Army in its laboratory<br />
facility in Ft. Detrick, Maryland&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Learn more: <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/032622_ecoli_bioengineering.html#ixzz1OcvKiIrj">http://www.naturalnews.com/032622_ecoli_bioengineering.html#ixzz1OcvKiIrj</a></p>
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<div><em>Or how bioweapons are engineered in any country for that matter.</em></div>
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