that's interesting reckless... i had a very similar experience last time i ordered as well.
Out of 8, 5 were contaminated (green, webs, and harsh smell), 1 was fine, and the other two were extremely slow to colonize (one eventually contaminated because of it).
With the 5 insta-contamination's, i actually did a second run with 3 of 5 of what was left in the syringe, this time onto agar plates... same thing happened.
Alarming actually, mainly because previous purchases were pretty consistent.
This was the Canadian office btw....
