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I like the bit where it uses the deadly food poisoning bacteria. Feels thematically on-topic.

E Coli is not a deadly food poisoning bacteria; it's an essential part of your gut. There are toxin-producing e coli, and also salmonella, but I don't think those get used in iGEMS competitions.

Regrettably, most folks only are aware of EHEC strain of E. coli [0]. Other strains of E. coli are a workhorse in the lab and are harmless.

[0] https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas...

I was thinking of O-157 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli_O157:H7) as it was associated with ground beef contamination back in the 90s.

So I made an error in calling EHEC a strain, rather, it's an umbrella for all E. coli that produce Shiga toxin and cause human disease.

The best known strain in this category is O-157:H7.

Of course, I may have made some errors, my background is in biochem not microbio.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigatoxigenic_and_verotoxigen...

Whatever the most deadly one is, that’s definitely the one to use to run Doom.

MyHouse but it’s straight to the bathroom and then the demons come to you.

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