TO SUMMARIZE THIS PROJECT WILL: INDICATE WHETHER GM RESISTANCE INCREASE IN SG AND IS DEPENDENT ON SIGMA S 2 PROVIDING POTENTIAL COUNTER MEASURES SHED LIGHT ON OTHER ASPECTS OF BACTERIAL BIOLOGY IN SG WILL INDICATE WHETHER UPEC 'SEES' SG AS A STRESS TEST THE RELIABILITY OF HARVS IN REPRODUCING SG PROVIDE BASE-LINE DATA FOR PROPER INTERPRETATION OF FLIGHT-BASED RESULTS WILL INDICATE WHAT COMPONENTS OF THE ECAMSAT HARDWARE ARE ESPECIALLY STRESSFUL SHED LIGHT ON THE NATURE OF STRESS EXERTED BY THE FLIGHT HARDWARE