Something living on colchicine!

[Russell Wrobel]

Dima Klenchin (klenchin at facstaff.wisc.edu) wrote:
: In article <4su6qs$a09 at service3.uky.edu>, "Michael W. Thompson" <mthom0 at pop.uky.edu> wrote:
: #                                        I once found something growing in my 4%
: # Sodium Desoxycholate...now don't tell me 
: #that's not one NASTY fellow...
: 
: I have found some filamentous crap growing in 20% sodium azide!!!
: I would NEVER believe it is possible if I were not 100% sure it was not
: present at a time of preparation (many month ago).
: 
: - Dima
: 
Did anyone ever throw these mysterious super "organism" under the 
microscope to actually see if they were cellular?  I to once was 
filamentous stuff in my azide stock but after a brief look in the 
microscope I found that it was definately not cellular but was most 
likely some kind of precipitate.

Russell