Still Waters Posted January 29, 2012 #1 Share Posted January 29, 2012 BACTERIA that can resist nearly all antibiotics have been found in Antarctic seawater.Björn Olsen of Uppsala University in Sweden and colleagues took seawater samples between 10 and 300 metres away from Chile's Antarctic research stations, Bernardo O'Higgins, Arturo Prat and Fildes Bay.A quarter of the samples of Escherichia coli bacteria carried genes that made an enzyme called ESBL, which can destroy penicillin, cephalosporins and related antibiotics. Bacteria with these genes can be even more dangerous than the better known superbug MRSA. That's because the genes sit on a mobile chunk of DNA that can be acquired by many species of bacteria, increasing the incidence of drug-resistant infections such as the E. coli outbreak last year in Germany. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic Chicken Posted January 30, 2012 #2 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Did the superbug thrive there and become so deadly because of the remoteness of the place and the coldness of the water? or is there another reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alienated Being Posted January 30, 2012 #3 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) I remember seeing a movie that was similar to this situation, but I can't remember the name of it. It was an ancient parasite that existed in the body of dead wooly mammoths found deep within the ice, and began infecting humans in an Antarctic research outpost. I wish I could remember the name of it! Edited January 30, 2012 by Alienated Being Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishgent Posted January 30, 2012 #4 Share Posted January 30, 2012 We will just have to hope they dont let any loose anywhere away from the Antarctic. Bury them back in the ice I say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic Chicken Posted January 30, 2012 #5 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I remember seeing a movie that was similar to this situation, but I can't remember the name of it. It was an ancient parasite that existed in the body of dead wooly mammoths found deep within the ice, and began infecting humans in an Antarctic research outpost. I wish I could remember the name of it! Never watched the movie, but a google search provided "The Thaw" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thaw_(film) That ring a bell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptozological Mascot Posted January 30, 2012 #6 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Oh crap, here we go… zombie apocalypse 2012! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alienated Being Posted January 30, 2012 #7 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Yes, it was "The Thaw". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarkstar79 Posted January 30, 2012 #8 Share Posted January 30, 2012 The ancient one entrapped this great evil long ago destroying themselves in the process....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lahacake Posted January 31, 2012 #9 Share Posted January 31, 2012 @Alienated being I to remember that movie I was a b movie but it was pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paracelse Posted January 31, 2012 #10 Share Posted January 31, 2012 So between thes solar flares; the comets, the zombies and the new bacteria, the man made bacterias....... we'ez doomed........ ah forgot the super volcanoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alienated Being Posted February 1, 2012 #11 Share Posted February 1, 2012 @Alienated being I to remember that movie I was a b movie but it was pretty good Yeah, I thought it was pretty good, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted February 1, 2012 #12 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Great, more '2012 Apocalypse' ammunition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcard2 Posted February 2, 2012 #13 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Just put it back Jonny DONT touch it !! Damn kids of today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted February 2, 2012 #14 Share Posted February 2, 2012 We will just have to hope they dont let any loose anywhere away from the Antarctic. Bury them back in the ice I say Too late for that, gent. We've got one off the coast of Florida, too. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=219441 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randym23 Posted February 2, 2012 #15 Share Posted February 2, 2012 dum dum du du du du du du du du du du dum dum du du du du du du du du du du daaaah daaah daaaah daaah (theme from "The Thing") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocco520 Posted February 5, 2012 #16 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Haha I hope we do have a zombie outbreak that would be sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Serenity Posted February 5, 2012 #17 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Haha I hope we do have a zombie outbreak that would be sick You're sick and need help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted February 5, 2012 #18 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I hope what happens in Antarctic stays in Antarctic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted February 7, 2012 #19 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I hope what happens in Antarctic stays in Antarctic. So you think......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesspy Posted February 8, 2012 #20 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I hope what happens in Antarctic stays in Antarctic. If you are so freaked out move to madagascar. wait til it heats up a bit the ice will melt and they will be in the sea water. Or wait til a human picks it up on the bottom of their shoe or inthemselves. A pandemic of biblical proportions is inevitible it may not come from here someone right now could be sick. Technically HIV/AIDS is a massive pandemic. I am sure something will rock up we are overpopulated and live on top of eachother we can get around the world in a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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