I think fungus dependent crystallization has occurred for some labs. A paper that pops into mind is from my graduate laboratory (not my work though):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2225192/ Reza Reza Khayat, PhD Assistant Professor The City College of New York Department of Chemistry, MR-1135 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 Tel. (212) 650-6070 www.khayatlab.org ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 06:36:37 -0700 >From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> (on behalf of Chad Brautigam <cabrautc...@yahoo.com>) >Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] First stucture of FCFV >To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > > I once encountered mold-dependent crystallization of > a protein. Wouldn't that have made for a lively > Methods section? > Luckily, we determined the structure from crystals > derived from a different, non-moldy condition. > Whew. > Chad > From: Artem Evdokimov <artem.evdoki...@gmail.com> > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 7:55 AM > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] First stucture of FCFV > Common molds like aspergillus or penicillium. After > a while you sometimes get sporangia, then you can > tell with more certainty. .. > A. > On Apr 3, 2014 3:50 AM, "Bernhard Rupp" > <hofkristall...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Several people were asking what this FCFV > tentacles actually might be. I think it is some > fungus/yeast growing out of nutritious drops. Does > resemble fungus/mushroom mycelium. I have also > some that look like huge bacteriophages with nice > heads on them, probably yeast buds. There is also > a yeast lab next to the Xtallization facility :-/ > *** feel free to speculate. > > Best, BR > >
