Re: [DIYbio] Make bacteria smell

There's a strain our there that metabolites indole differently and doesn't smell nearly as bad. I was tempted to buy it before I got used to the smell, but maybe it's worth it for newbies.. :)

Simon Quellen Field <sfield@scitoys.com> wrote:

>E. coli already stinks.
>:-)
>
>Maybe all of the E. coli in Mac's "Top 48" should include nice smells
>for
>free.
>The first time I met Mac he was handing out cards with blots of banana
>scent
>plasmids on them.
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>On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Mega <masterstorm123@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Guys,
>>
>> I heard form E.Coli producing vanillin, banana smell,... etc.
>> Would be really cool to show people what you can do in a diy way. ( I
>> think to impress average people, you have to make the bacteria glow,
>smell,
>> etc. to make success visible. When you tell them they produce a
>protein,
>> they don't see anything and it doesn't seem special )
>>
>> Now I would be happy to find a plasmid (distributer) anywhere where I
>can
>> get such a plasmid.
>> And it should make the smell without any specific substrate-need. (I
>> think that the IGEM bacteria need ferulic acid to make vanillin.
>Wherefrom
>> shall one DIY'er take f.acid?
>>
>>
>> Would be really cool if anyone accidentally knew where to get one ;)
>>
>> All the best
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