By Chloe Uyl, Singer Instruments

An array of non-conventional yeast strains: S. bayanus, S. complicata, C. meyerae, M. pulcherrima, P. kluyveri, S. uvarum, D hansenii, S. cerevisiae, S. washingtonenisis, R. kratchovilovae, R. glutinis, S. aeria, K.ohmeri, S. stipitis, P. scutulata, T. falvificans, V. piscis, N. castellii, P. flocculosa, S. magnum, Z. baili, P. kudriavzevii, K. lactis, H. uvarum, P. antarctica, E. hasegawianum, O. polymorpha, and K. marxianus. PIXL was used to place a total of 384 colonies in randomised locations using the rearray function. These strains were selected and grown by Chloe Uyl using PIXL and ROTOR+ as part of her PhD research into the generation of biofuels using the waste products of cider creation. The image was captured on the earliest Proof of Concept version of the ColonyCam. We think it's a bit 'Damian Hirst'!