On Sunday the 21st, The DIYBio gang had a Teawitter event in the form of the Microbe Picnic. Microbes have played a large part in the food industry for years. Industrially, microbes have been used in the fermentation of bread and alcohol and even Vikings used it to produce mead. Kimchi, the cornerstone of Korean eating, contains a number of lactic acid bacteria, among those the typical species Lactobacillus kimchii.

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