Can bacteria cause cancer? Ever since 1890, when pathologist William Russell described “a characteristic organism of cancer,” there has been a small but dedicated group of scientists  who have claimed that bacteria (not viruses) cause cancer. Their reports show an unusual microbe that can be seen microscopically in cancer tissue and cultured from cancerous tumors and blood. Similar bacteria have been reported in certain non-cancerous diseases as well. I use the term “cancer microbes” to   refer  to the bacteria   described in this controversial and little-known  area of cancer research.

Bacteria Cause Cancer - The Microscopic Evidence

The idea that bacteria cause major forms of cancer was discarded a hundred years ago by the medical establishment—and is  still regarded  as scientific heresy.  Bacteria derived from cancer are generally considered as “laboratory contaminants” or “secondary invaders” or “opportunistic infections” of weakened cancerous tissue. Nevertheless, this communication provides evidence that “cancer microbes” can be demonstrated microscopically  in cancer tissue. The origin  of these bacteria  and  the various reproductive forms they express within the human body (in vivo) is also discussed.

For  details  on the history of the cancer microbe, refer to the “cancer bacteria” Wikipedia page, and my Internet article “The return of the cancer parasite” (2011).

1) The pleomorphic nature of the cancer microbe

Cancer bacteria defy the established rules of microbiology. The cancer microbe is “pleomorphic,” meaning the germ can exist and appear in more than one form. This alleged “pleomorphism” immediately raises a century-old   controversy because most microbiologists   do  not  believe  in bacterial pleomorphism. On the contrary, they believe bacteria are monomorphic, meaning they reproduce  by  simply dividing  into two separate and similar appearing halves.

For more information on the monomorphism/pleomorphism debate and its relevance to cancer microbe research, consult Milton Wainwright’s essential Internet article “Extreme pleomorphism and the bacterial life cycle: A forgotten controversy” (1997).

According to cancer microbe scientists, the cancer microbe may appear in lab culture as ordinary type bacteria, such as staphylococci, streptococci, cocco-bacilli, and rarely as TB-like mycobacteria. Needless to say, such a proposed pleomorphic germ would be difficult, if not impossible,  for  most microbiologists  to accept.

Further complicating the matter is research showing  that  cancer  bacteria are capable of producing tiny sub-microscopic virus-like and mycoplasma-like forms, as well as large fungal-like forms known as “large bodies.” Such claims are anathema to the scientific world. Nevertheless,  the  recognition of extreme growth forms of the cancer microbe, as well as the complex “life cycle” attributed to it, are essential to try and make sense out of the proposed microbiology of cancer.

Cancer microbes can assume different forms within the body because they are “cell wall deficient forms” (also called L-forms). The  absence of a bacterial cell wall causes a loss of rigidity and results in organisms assuming a variety of shapes and sizes. When various species of bacteria are in the cell wall deficient state, they cannot be distinguished from one another.

Wainwright  cautions  us to pay attention to pleomorphic bacteria. “The literature on extreme pleomorphism remains intriguing, and some aspects of it may be worthy of reappraisal. By merely dismissing it, we may be ignoring something of fundamental importance. This is especially likely since examples of extreme variation in bacterial morphology continue to be linked with various diseases and cancer in animals and humans.”

2) Cancer microbes and  “acid-fast” bacteria

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