"EK" <khatipovNO-SPAM at NO-SPAMuchicago.edu> wrote in message
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>> It is very much possible. I remember many years ago a colleague of mine
was
> trying to isolate filamentous phototrophic bacterium, and could not get
rid
> of the associated microorganism that was much smaller and, as seen under
the
> microscope, attached to the photosynthetic host.
> Emir
I am not doubting that it's not possible - microbiology has examples of
similar errors, and if you want to dig deep, biology in general has a fairly
spotted history (remember Aristotle's comical insects, or the
salamander/axolotl confusion ?) - I just do not think that the symptoms that
Erik is describing are enough to unambiguously claim mixed culture.
More data is needed :)
Artem
