Different types of Bacteria

[CareBear]

Just been checking some websites and found some good stuff I thought was worth passing on . Here it is, Most bacteria need a food source to thrive they are sometimes referred to as Acidic peptides and or Fatty Glycols, "fat and sweet" uummh! Well heres what I'm researching, My well water in a Plastic Glass HDPE, Before filling glass take a piece of raw bacon rub it on the inside of glass or cup, then fill glass half full or empty depends on how you are feeling I guess. Then put in microwave for 20 to 30 seconds and put the glass in humid dark place, Bam! see what grows in cup next couple days, it might turn pink or even black or brown, depends on whats in your water! and yes even some city water will turn pink now this is not fool proof, as Spores can be any place its just something you can check to see what kind soup you can make. Pink mold grows in Hospitals, its said to be "Normal" however this type mold can give you Urinary Track Infection. Its main food supply is Soap
"Like In the Shower type of Pink. Black mold should not be prevalent or show up in this test!
Chlorine of any trace will kill black mold ! So They Say, Let me know your results from your well.

[NCLee]

Carebear, you have me a bit confused. (That's not hard to do, BTW.)

Rubbing bacon fat on a glass isn't a controlled experiment. I don't disagree that you'll get various types of bacteria colony growth. However, the question is where did they come from? The unsterile glass, hands that handled the bacon, from the air (mold spores), etc.

Here we drink untreated well water. There are bacteria in it. Those bacteria will grow in colonies when conditions are right. However, those bacteria are harmless. At least they are to us. As are the bacteria that thrive in our gut to help digest our food. Not only are they harmless, they provide a beneficial function. I hate to take antibotics, when required, simply because of what it'll do my digestive system. Where's the yogurt to get some good bacteria back to work?!

Maybe I mis-understood your post. (Not enough coffee yet.) If so, please help me out, as I want to learn anything that'll give more insight into what we need to know on our homesteads.

Lee

[Catalpa]

Yeah, I think that would be junk science, bear. What sources were the websites citing? All that experiment is going to tell you is what was in the bacon and in your jar and what mold spores were in the air when you did the experiment.

Drinking water should not have any bacteria in it. Types of bateria found in water will be mostly of the coliform group, which is a very large bacteria family with many different strains. Coliforms of one sort or another are everywhere in the environment, on doorknobs, countertops, on your hands, in the soil, etc. Basic water testing will use coliforms as an indicator organism, meaning that if they are present they may or may not be in numbers large enough to make you sick, and their prescence may indicate that there is a problem with the water supply.

Fecal coliforms are common in surface water, but their prescence in a drinking water source (well, cistern, etc.) shows that the water has been contaminated with feces and it could be very dangerous to consume the water. Immediate action should be taken to determine the source and clean the supply.

City water supplies are not immune to contamination. Even if the water coming down the pipe is clean, there can be a problem in your house that can contaminate it. That's why the city water connection always has a pressure backflow preventer where it connects to the house. Otherwise the system would be even more vulnerable to backflow situations from every tom dick and harry's hose in the pool or fertilizer sprayer.

There's a lot of 'water testing' info out there; most of it junk science or short cuts with scary-looking titrations used by water treatment companies to scare people into buying their products.

If you really want to know what's in your water, just stop at the local health department and pick up some sample kits. Here in Michigan every health department has them; you can pick them up for free and just enclose the lab fees when you mail the kit to the lab. As far as I'm aware a lott of other states are the same, ymmv.

Are you concerned about something with your water, that you're researching it?

[CVORNurse]

Just been checking some websites and found some good stuff I thought was worth passing on . Here it is, Most bacteria need a food source to thrive they are sometimes referred to as Acidic peptides and or Fatty Glycols, "fat and sweet" uummh! Well heres what I'm researching, My well water in a Plastic Glass HDPE, Before filling glass take a piece of raw bacon rub it on the inside of glass or cup, then fill glass half full or empty depends on how you are feeling I guess. Then put in microwave for 20 to 30 seconds and put the glass in humid dark place, Bam! see what grows in cup next couple days, it might turn pink or even black or brown, depends on whats in your water! and yes even some city water will turn pink now this is not fool proof, as Spores can be any place its just something you can check to see what kind soup you can make. Pink mold grows in Hospitals, its said to be "Normal" however this type mold can give you Urinary Track Infection. Its main food supply is Soap
"Like In the Shower type of Pink. Black mold should not be prevalent or show up in this test!
Chlorine of any trace will kill black mold ! So They Say, Let me know your results from your well.

What website did you find this information from?? I want to report them to the internet police or something. :mad:

There are so many problems with what you have stated here that I am scared you will think I am picking on you if I address just what I know to be questionable. First of all, if the cup you placed the water in wasn't sterile to begin with, you have no way of knowing for sure where the bacteria came from(other than the bacon, which I cannot figure out why you are rubbing on a cup) :eek:

It has been my experience that most urinary tract infections that occur while in the hospital can be traced back to poor hand hygiene on the part of someone putting in a catheter, or the patient or nurse not cleaning the area properly.

[Mad_Professor]

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