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| − | *Successfully isolated microbes from various samples of kombucha.
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| − | *In a process called "recapitulation," we successfully created a kombucha-like culture by adding individual strains of microbes instead of a living culture containing the entire kombucha microbiome.
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| − | *Attempted conjugation with <i>G. oxydans</i>.
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| − | *Found literature describing sequences for genes involved in the metabolism of ethanol to acetic acid in the bacterium <i>Ga. hansenii</i>.
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| − | *Successfully created a neutral pH sensor with a reporter.
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