Bacterial Biofilms for Beginners!

This video touches in a very accessable way what biofilms are, how to beat them, why they are, briefly how gut bacteria influence them, and their role in systemic disease.

aThis video touches in a very accessable way what biofilms are, how to beat them, why they are, briefly how gut bacteria influence them, and their role in systemic disease.

I found a simple protocol of serrapeptase and/or other fibrinolytic enzymes and then iodine (a descent dose) works great for GI infections. Add a probiotic that works for you afterwards. LGG is my top choice.

AR that's a good video, stressing on many health areas that many posters here repeatedly point to.

I want to briefly share some recent experiences and some insights.

First some insights. We are seeing more and more that planktonic bacteria are only the tiny tip of the iceberg, and sadly, they are what is focused on, and probably why mainstream medicine can't find sufficient evidence that goes to show that bacteria are the origin of health issues (at least the vast, vast majority of them).

In the GI tract, why should this shortcoming in perspective be any different? The free roaming bacteria are definitely not the whole story ...

Colonization of mucin by human intestinal bacteria and establishment of biofilm communities in a two-stage continuous culture system.
Macfarlane S, Woodmansey EJ, Macfarlane GT.
Source

Microbiology and Gut Biology Group, University of Dundee Medical School, Level 6, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland, United Kingdom. s.macfarlane@dundee.ac.uk
Abstract

The human large intestine is covered with a protective mucus coating, which is heavily colonized by complex bacterial populations that are distinct from those in the gut lumen. Little is known of the composition and metabolic activities of these biofilms, although they are likely to play an important role in mucus breakdown. The aims of this study were to determine how intestinal bacteria colonize mucus and to study physiologic and enzymatic factors involved in the destruction of this glycoprotein. Colonization of mucin gels by fecal bacteria was studied in vitro, using a two-stage continuous culture system, simulating conditions of nutrient availability and limitation characteristic of the proximal (vessel 1) and distal (vessel 2) colon. The establishment of bacterial communities in mucin gels was investigated by selective culture methods, scanning electron microscopy, and confocal laser scanning microscopy, in association with fluorescently labeled 16S rRNA oligonucleotide probes. Gel samples were also taken for analysis of mucin-degrading enzymes and measurements of residual mucin sugars. Mucin gels were rapidly colonized by heterogeneous bacterial populations, especially members of the Bacteroides fragilis group, enterobacteria, and clostridia. Intestinal bacterial populations growing on mucin surfaces were shown to be phylogenetically and metabolically distinct from their planktonic counterparts.

We obviously need to go even deeper into the murk of the gut to get a clearer picture.

Now for recent experiences. Serrapeptase and Fibrinolytic enzymes.

It's been a while since I've herxed, not since the summer with high protien fasting combined with huge doses of Iodine and sunlight and before that chelation as per the Chelation Thread times. Serrapeptase has had me herxing so bad that I had to rush into my ND and immediately get hooked up to a three hour chelation drip (with many other things added). There's what feels like based on prior experiences, massive amounts of debris and metals getting released from somewhere in my body, the IV (DMPS, EDTA, Magnesium Pump, couple other things) has seriously cleared up my issues for the time being and I'm now wide awake and feeling great on 48 hours with no sleep, just not long home from second shift in a row at work. This is good news as before the IV while I was in a major detox crisis I couldn't even form coherent thoughts.

It's way, way too early to say anything about this besides that it's progress.

Will keep everybody updated.

Hair and scalp feel GREAT.

From wikipedia...

"L. plantarum ... this species and related lactobacilli are unusual in that they can respire oxygen but have no respiratory chain or cytochromes — the consumed oxygen ultimately ends up as hydrogen peroxide. The peroxide, it is presumed, acts as a weapon to exclude competing bacteria from the food source."

Thoughts?

Also, apart from the antimicrobial properties of H2O2 where does it fit in in the 'electric charge' sense? Would foods containing active or dormant form of H2O2 be considered electron rich?