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==Life timeline== | ==Life timeline== | ||
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* http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Yogurt-1/ | * http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Yogurt-1/ | ||
===Kombucha=== | ===Kombucha and SCOBY=== | ||
"A symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, or SCOBY is a popular term (rather than scientific) used to refer to mixed cultures of bacteria and yeast present during production of kombucha. The term "colony" in the name is a scientific misnomer, because it implies a group of genetically identical or nearly identical organisms living together." (wikipedia 2015) | |||
Yeast and bacteria commonly found in SCOBY include: Acetobacter species, Gluconacetobacter species, Saccharomyces species, Gluconacetobacter xylinus and other bacteria and yeasts. | |||
“Kombucha is produced by fermenting tea using a "symbiotic 'colony' of bacteria and yeast" (SCOBY). Actual contributing microbial populations in SCOBY cultures vary, but the yeast component generally includes Saccharomyces (a probiotic fungus) and other species, and the bacterial component almost always includes Gluconacetobacter xylinus to oxidize yeast-produced alcohols to acetic and other acids.”(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombucha) | “Kombucha is produced by fermenting tea using a "symbiotic 'colony' of bacteria and yeast" (SCOBY). Actual contributing microbial populations in SCOBY cultures vary, but the yeast component generally includes Saccharomyces (a probiotic fungus) and other species, and the bacterial component almost always includes Gluconacetobacter xylinus to oxidize yeast-produced alcohols to acetic and other acids.”(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombucha) | ||
* http://www.instructables.com/id/Kombucha-Brewing-Instructions/ | * http://www.instructables.com/id/Kombucha-Brewing-Instructions/ | ||
== | ==Projects and discourses== | ||
===Henk Jonkers (Delft University)=== | ===Henk Jonkers (Delft University)=== | ||
*BioConcrete, http://www.citg.tudelft.nl/en/research/projects/self-healing-concrete/ | *BioConcrete, http://www.citg.tudelft.nl/en/research/projects/self-healing-concrete/ | ||
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===Maja Smrekar=== | ===Maja Smrekar=== | ||
Maya YogHurt / Hu.M.C.C., http://www.mayayoghurt.net/ | Maya YogHurt / Hu.M.C.C., http://www.mayayoghurt.net/ | ||
"Food prices are going to rise in the future due to lack of production capacity, which decreases inversely with the global population growth. The food industry is exploring new possibilities and alternative capacities for future food production within the fields of synthetic biology and biotechnology." | |||
“Hu.M.C.C.- Human Molecular Colonization Capacity project dwells on the food industry biotechnological production that is in its final form represented as a highly designed yogurt package, containing the product of an artist´s enzyme, which is offered to the public to consume while at the same time the package is represented as a hybrid art readymade object exhibited in a gallery. The project stands as a social darwinism experience set paraphrased within the realm of industrial food chain process.” (http://www.mayayoghurt.net/) | “Hu.M.C.C.- Human Molecular Colonization Capacity project dwells on the food industry biotechnological production that is in its final form represented as a highly designed yogurt package, containing the product of an artist´s enzyme, which is offered to the public to consume while at the same time the package is represented as a hybrid art readymade object exhibited in a gallery. The project stands as a social darwinism experience set paraphrased within the realm of industrial food chain process.” (http://www.mayayoghurt.net/) | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* anahatabalance (2007). Kombucha Brewing Instructions. Available at http://www.instructables.com/id/Kombucha-Brewing-Instructions/ (accessed 29 November 2015) | * anahatabalance (2007). Kombucha Brewing Instructions. Available at http://www.instructables.com/id/Kombucha-Brewing-Instructions/ (accessed 29 November 2015) | ||
* [http://rebekkahehn.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Biofabrication_PDF.pdf Hehn, Rebekka (2015). BioFabrication] | * [http://rebekkahehn.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Biofabrication_PDF.pdf Hehn, Rebekka (2015). BioFabrication] | ||
* [http://web.gps.caltech.edu/classes/ge246/endosymbiotictheory_marguli.pdf Margulis, Lynn (1966). "On the Origin of Mitosing Cells" in J. Theoret. Biol. (1967) 14, 225-274 ] | * [http://web.gps.caltech.edu/classes/ge246/endosymbiotictheory_marguli.pdf Margulis, Lynn (1966). "On the Origin of Mitosing Cells" in J. Theoret. Biol. (1967) 14, 225-274 ] | ||
* Myers, William (2013). Bio Design, Thames & Hudson | * Myers, William (2013). Bio Design, Thames & Hudson | ||
* [http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-human-microbiome-project-defines-normal-bacterial-makeup-body NIH (2012) NIH Human Microbiome Project defines normal bacterial makeup of the body] | * [http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-human-microbiome-project-defines-normal-bacterial-makeup-body NIH (2012) NIH Human Microbiome Project defines normal bacterial makeup of the body] | ||
* wikipedia (2015). SCOBY. Available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCOBY (Accessed 29 November 2015) | * wikipedia (2015). SCOBY. Available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCOBY (Accessed 29 November 2015) |