E.coli in Barcelona Caixa Museum
E.coli detail
This is one of the largest and most fragile of Jerram’s sculptures. Recently exhibtions of this work include the Museum of Art and Design – NYC, Glasstress – Venice, Oklahoma City Museum, Cosmo Caixa Museum – Barcelona.
Read about in the Huffington Post.
Escherichia coli, commonly abbreviated E. coli, is a Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherms). Most E. coli strains are harmless, but some, such as serotype O157:H7, can cause serious food poisoning in humans, and are occasionally responsible for product recalls. The harmless strains are part of the normal flora of the gut, and can benefit their hosts by producing vitamin K2, and by preventing the establishment of pathogenic bacteria within the intestine.
E.coli film clip from lukejerram on Vimeo.
A Sense of Scale
This great slide bar animation shows how large bacteria are in relation to viruses.
Permanent Public Collections
Editions of this work are in the Chazen Museum(US) and the Wellcome Collection(UK). Works have been displayed at Museum of Art and Design NYC, Glasstress -Venice Biennale, Oklahoma City Museum, NCCD (UK), Cosmo Caixa Barcelona.
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