LINKS: The Wisconsin State.... Microbe???

By Erica

A few days ago, the microbe Lactococcus lactis was nominated by the state Assembly (Assembly Bill 556) to become Wisconsin's State Microbe . Lactococcus latis, which has its own hilarious home page is used in the cheese making process to ferment milk sugar into lactic acid.

Apparently, Wisconsin lawmakers believe that adding L. latis as the state microbe would raise awareness about Wisconsin's cheese making industry. Demoncrat Representative Gary Hebl, who is one of the primary authors of Assembly Bill 556, said, "My first reaction was, 'Uh . . . why would we do that?'But then we started talking about it, and it made sense."

Don't believe me? Here's the article.