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===Random ideas from Superphage (Forrest)=== | ===Random ideas from Superphage (Forrest)=== | ||
Revision as of 19:05, 23 April 2007
Ideas to chew on
Some ideas from 4/23/07 meeting
M1. Bacteria with octupus reflecting protein
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M2. Self-prepping bacteria
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M3. Bacteria with limited lifetime (telomeres)
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M4. Bacteria with removed/non-functional DNA
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M5. Incorporating parts into minicell (but: difficult to produce in large quatities)
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M6. Magnetic alignment of bacteria
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M7. Bacteria that illuminate when dark
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M8. Producing vitamins
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M9. Sensing pH
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M10. Bacteria with kill switch
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M11. Bacteria battle
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- Forrest: Someone mentioned during the 4/23/07 meeting that this could be done in 2-D (on a dish)
- Forrest: Environmental conditions/stimuli can skew the outcome (e.g. shinning light or lowering pH causes on colony to have advantage over another)
Random ideas from Superphage (Forrest)
F1. Engineering bacteria to operate in extreme environment (extremophiles)
- bacteria that die when not in artificially harsh environments (i.e. bacteria that 'escaped' from lab would not thrive)
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn11614-extremeliving-bacteria-has-genome-sequenced.html
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F2. High protein bacteria/fungus
- Easy to grow, and highly-nutritious
- To be made into bread spread for poor or disaster-striken communities
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F3. Blood clotting phage/bacteria
- function like Chitosan bandaids
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitosan
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F4. Bacteria that process animal waste to recover nutrients
- Recover proteins and other substances from pool of farm animal waste (e.g. the edible stuff floats to the top) and add back to animal feed
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F5. Food spoilage detection
- Add non-harmful bacteria to milk, meat packaging, etc; these bacteria grow slightly more easily that the usual bacteria that make people sick, and are highly visible (e.g. bright purple) when they grow
- If consumer sees purple, if means that the food is possibly spoiled
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