3c. non-kombucha biofilm id

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Mark, is the lab available for other ferments. I am always

looking for new sources of labs for my testing.

IMO, your chocolate/coffee biofilm should be a

lacto-ferment. I agree with you there are more than one or

two but he may have been referring to the domination of just

one or two and not a democracy.

Ed Kasper LAc. Licensed Acupuncturist & Herbalist

www.HappyHerbalist.com Santa Cruz, CA.

3c. non-kombucha biofilm id

Posted by: " mark robert " colowe@... imesefel

Date: Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:00 pm (PDT)

Hope this isn't off topic, but I am getting my " wild "

chocolate/coffee biofilm identified at a lab. Four microbes

have

so far appeared, but it's too early to id. I'm excited.

Hopefully

after I get the species named, I can find out if they are

toxic/pathogenic.

The technician made a curious comment. He said 4 species

were too

many because typical biolfims only have 1 or 2 species, and

he

figured at least 1 or 2 were contaminates. I almost argued

with

him, but he's the expert and it's still early. But I had

read

that it always takes at least 2 species to make the

polysaccharide matrix that forms the film/mat, and

considering

the number of species identified in Kombucha... Oh well, I'm

sure

we'll be finding out soon enough. I think this guy is only a

lab

assistant, as the main guy is on vacation.

-Mark