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methanE.COLIc
Project description
Firedamp explosions is frequently seen cases at all mines over the world. Every year, 50 miner lose their lives in Turkey because of firedamp explosions. Firedamp is a flammable gas found in coal mines and it mainly contains methane. 5%-15% methane level in firedamp is risky amount that makes gas mixture explosive enough to explode by just one spark. Beside its explosive property, methane is also the main contributor to global warming and recent mine mechanisms release obtained methane into air. Since, it is important to convert methane gas in mines into other derives to reduce its effect on global warming.
Our aim to design a device which will work on E.coli that provides solutions for side effects of methane. Device that we are planning to construct involves the genes of bacteria encoding methane monooxygenase (MMo), and the mechanism will help by working through a series of compact systems in mines. First part of this compact system is the sensation of methane, hence the second is the entrapment and the last part will be the conversion of methane to methanol.
