K N and P J Harris (ecoli at cix.compulink.co.uk) wrote:
: > for my Master's, and make this my thesis...
: > Forgive me for rambling, I'll go back to "lurking", now.
: >
: >
: > Kathryn L. Sherlock, BS, MT(ASCP)
: > (Kathy or Rockbugs)
: Seriously, has anyone out there come acrosss a system that will allow my
: delicate little students get some idea of the topic without exposing
: them to (as seen by our gestapo) certain death and us to large damages
: claims.
: Peter Harris,
: The University of Reading, UK.
A good experiment might be growing Brevibacterium linens, which as far
as I remember produces methanethiol (bad breath smell, though I might
be wrong about the exact compound). This can be detected using headspace
gas chromatography, though what column you could use I can't remember.
Please e-mail me if you'd like more details, COSHH approved methods only!
Simon Baker
Dept Biochemistry
Oxford, UK
