Birmingham, Alabama now holds the largest model of E. Coli ever! Its not the real, thing but it's a giant scale that is over 5 meters long and 2 meters wide. This model is magnified ocer 2 million times. This can be seen at Aston University, right outside of the city. It was designed by microbiologist, Dr. Henry Tribe. It displays protein and DNA, as well as other molecules of E. Coli that humans can't normally see. Dr. Henr Tribe believes that it is a great way for the public to see and understand what E. Coli is. It has capabilities that include creating 1850 different proterins in a half hour and it is capable of "swimming" at 1000 revolutions per minute. I found this article pretty cool. I think that it is important for people to see what E. Coli is considering it is a harmul bacteria that is mostly found in our food. Considering that E. Coli outbreaks in the news happen frequently, it should be important for people to understand the full model of E. Coli.
I think thats really cool how they made this model and can demonstrate how E. Coli works. I myself can say i dont really know how it all works so if something like this was in my town i would definitely check it out. So cool how they made this.
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