Re: spam [RML] 'myxobacteriosis'

Gary Lange (gwlange at stlnet.com)
Mon, 30 Aug 1999 21:42:26 -0500

Ok I forget, who had the kissing gourami in the lower tank? Better advise
him about "safe sex". So you used to get an infected "finger" and they
would cut it off, how painful :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Hansen <bruceh at powerup.com.au>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Monday, August 30, 1999 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [RML] 'myxobacteriosis'

>G'day Adrian
>
>Heat is a very important factor in Mycobacteriosis apparently - My
>impression is that each species (which of course is specific to a group of
>hosts) has an optimum temperature range for reproduction and growth.
>
>Mycob. species that usually affect fish and turtles which are cold-blooded
>animals are not generally suited to the warmer temperatures of the core of
>the human body so tend to persist in lesions in the limbs which are cooler
>being more peripheral.
>
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