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There are many ways to attract bugs, for instance using pheromone, but it is difficult for E.coli to synthesize complex compounds like pheromone. | There are many ways to attract bugs, for instance using pheromone, but it is difficult for E.coli to synthesize complex compounds like pheromone. | ||
Carnivorous E.coli emits light and attracts bugs like glowworms by using Bioluciferase from | Carnivorous E.coli emits light and attracts bugs like glowworms by using Bioluciferase from | ||
Revision as of 12:32, 5 October 2011
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Summary
We created new E.coli which hunts and eats insects. As such we named it Carnivorous E.coli. Carnivorous E.coli emits light when it is hungry. This will attract insects to it. Then, it secretes a viscous substance to catch the insects. The insects caught are digested by the chitinase in the secretion. Long story short, our Carnivorous E.coli can hunt!
Team Hunger
Team Capture
Team Digestion
Achievement
- We confirmed the lightlength which indicates the phototaxis of a fruit fly.
- We constracted new biobrick which causes chitinase.
- We constracted new biobrick that is controled by the concentration of glutamine
- We held the Japanese iGem meeting at Kyoto University.
Human Practice
As synthetic biology is a comparatively new way of understanding life, we plan to develop this area much further. However,this area entails problems of bioethics and so we must consider these problems as well. Unfortunately, Japanese high school students do not have many chances to come across these topics. We hope to offer high school students more opportunities to think on them. That's why we targeted them and performed these activities.
Sponsors
