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Bacteria Stolen from Biomedical Facility (MSU Lab)
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Posted on 09/18/2002 3:09:05 PM PDT by RCW2001
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To: vetvetdoug
I wonder what the plan is to propogate this microbe. As I recall growing Mycoplasma is pretty difficult.
To: curmudgeonII
The local newscast from WLNS claimed that the vials (bacteria) need to be kept at -80F degrees or the bacteria would be destroyed...
This was the reporter stating this, so I can't vouch for the accuracy of this claim.
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09/18/2002 5:01:46 PM PDT
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To: RCW2001
Isn't Michigan the home of the Arab owned company that makes many of the US's treatments and vaccines for biological weapons?
To: curmudgeonII
I would think the easiest way to propagate this disease would be in the natural host.
Many hog farms have hundreds or thousands of hogs raised in close proximity to each other.
A disease like this could easily be used by either Muslim terrorists or Animal Rights groups.
To: RCW2001
At one time in my life I raised bacteria cultures for food processing.
The cultures I used were kept at about minus 122 to minus 145 IIRC for long term storage.
The same cultures could be shipped by simply packing them in dry ice in a cheap styrofoam cooler.
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