A very large bacteria

[John Hegarty]

Chris G. <chris.gregerson at MCI2000.com> wrote:

> I left my incubator on while I was on vacation.
> This is what I found when I got home.

Cool!  looks like a Tyranobacillus gargantium.  It might take a serveral
liters to gram stain.  No need for a microscope I guess... but forget about
using microfuge tubes for mini-plasmid preps.  

P.S. I hear they make great pets.  :-)

John Hegarty
Environmental Micro - Penn State
http://www.personal.psu.edu/jph10