title: Pathway to carcinogenesis: the role of bacterial spores.
abstract: There are bacteria present within the malignant cell, but they are present only as spores. Although their origin stems from a branching or budding plant type of microorganism, the latter is not physically present and is not involved, per se, in the malignant cell's etiology. It is the primitive but now the asexual reproductive, conidial unicellular, ovular, or spherical shaped bodies, arising from the adult plant microorganism, in consequence to a duressing environment, but also the ones with the genetic capability of surviving within a sac or cell, that are present within the malignant cell. It is these spores, reproducing as spores within the malignant cell and within the immediate surrounding area, as long as there exists an adequate circulating flow of blood by the animal (human) host, to account for the anaerobic or preferably 'deoxygenating' metabolism that occurs in the malignant cell and is the reason for the cellular accumulation and tumor growth. This type of metabolism, respiration, and reproductive pattern is similar to that of the plant type of microorganism activity. In comparison, the healthy non-tumor tissue of animal (human) cells are genetically and primarily aerobic in respiration and metabolism. There are substantial suggestive findings and structural facts uncovered experimentally to definitely establish credence to the presence of those spores within the malignant cell and to align their presence to the pathway of activity, resulting in the etiology and physiopathology of the malignant cell and growth.
authors.affiliation: North Detroit General Hospital, MI 48212.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D012513:Sarcoma, Experimental / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured