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Acknowledgements

Without the help of the following individuals, we'd never have gotten this far:

Prof. Marshall Stark: MacConkey agar.

Dr. Sean Collums: Restriction enzymes, MacConkey agar, advice on riboswitches.

Dr. Andrew Roe and Dr. Jayde Gawthorne: LOV2 domain.

Dr. Gerhard Greves: Nissle 1917 E. coli strain in Mutaflor tablets.

Dr. Dan Walker: Biofilm advice (qualitative and quantitative biofilm assays).

Mr. David Somerville: Gram stain equipment, measuring cylinders, water baths, corning tubes, pipettes, tips, glassware and more.

Mrs. Margaret Mullin: Electron microscopy; sample processing and imaging.

Dr. Peter Dominy: Printing facilities.

Dr. Malcolm Kennedy and PhD student Steve Vance: latherin, ranaspumin (Rsn2), iLOV-Rsn2 and assay advice.

Dr. John Christie: iLOV DNA, sequence and advice on blue light illumination.

PhD student Scott Ramsay: Camera for the fluorescence microscope.

Dr. Mathis Riehle: Chromium mask for microscope, fluorescence microscope advice.

Dr. Scott Robertson: Tips, eppendorfs and other consumable lab equipment.

Dr. Louise Horsfall: Ligation protocol.

Sponsors

We are incredibly grateful for the help and support we received from the following sponsors either through provision of materials for experimentation or provision of funds. Without their help none of this would have been possible. If you have a chance click on the links below and take a brief browse around their home pages.