The UT Austin iGEM Team would love to thank everyone who has helped us achieve our goals, no matter how big or small the contribution. Without these acts of generosity, we would have not accomplished all that we have done.

• Dr. Chris Yellman and [http://www.marcottelab.org/index.php/Main_Page/ The Marcotte Lab] for providing ADH and PDC S. cerevisiae knockouts.
• Kimberly Ornelas for aiding us with 16s sequencing, conjugation and recapitulation.
• Samah Khan for helping us initially isolate various microbes from different kombucha brands.
• Natalie Schulte and Samita Charolia for their research on pH sensitive promoters for use in E. coli and creating the experimental procedures for general pH testing.
• Kelsey Hu for working throughout the summer to keep the lab stocked with media and other supplies, facilitating experiments.
• Aziz Al'Khafaji and [http://www.brocklab.com/ The Brock Lab] for providing a fluorescence microscope and advice on improving conjugation experiments.
• Greg Goodman and KTonic for giving us a clear direction in how to expand and progress our current work with kombucha.
• [http://barricklab.org/twiki/bin/view/Lab/ The Barrick Lab] for providing helpful advice and comments throughout the summer.
• Jiri Perutka and [http://ellingtonlab.org The Ellington Lab] for constructing the plasmids pBTK518, pBTK19 and pBTK520 which we used for conjugation.

Funding

• BEACON
• NSF CAREER (CBET-1554179)