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Contents 1 Welcome to "The DNA Architects of South Bend & Mishawaka" iGEM Team Wiki! 1.1 Our Problem: We have heavy metals in our environment that can be harmful to the community, but we do not yet know which bodies of water or areas they are in. 1.2 Primary Objective: 1.2.1 Heavy metals, such as arsenic, can be present in seemingly safe water environments. These metals are harmful to people and other organisms when they are exposed to them. Our teams primary objective is to create a device using synthetic biology to detect arsenic in water and give an instant reading to the presence of arsenic. Arsenic is a deadly to organism that use phosphorus in organic molecules because arsenic can replace phosphorus in organic molecules. This can occur because arsenic has similar characteristics as phosphorus. 1.3 Secondary Objective: 1.3.1 Use our iGEM arsenic biosensor to test imported and local seafood any levels of mercury dangerous to our health. 1.4 Further Considerations

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The Minty Green Heavy Metal Detecting Machine: An Arsenic Biosensor!

Our Problem: We have heavy metals in our environment that can be harmful to the community, but we do not yet know which bodies of water or areas they are in.

Primary Objective:

Heavy metals, such as arsenic, can be present in seemingly safe water environments. These metals are harmful to people and other organisms when they are exposed to them. Our teams primary objective is to create a device using synthetic biology to detect arsenic in water and give an instant reading to the presence of arsenic. Arsenic is a deadly to organism that use phosphorus in organic molecules because arsenic can replace phosphorus in organic molecules. This can occur because arsenic has similar characteristics as phosphorus.

Secondary Objective:

Use our iGEM arsenic biosensor to test imported and local seafood any levels of mercury dangerous to our health.

Further Considerations

Ideally, our engineered bacteria would be able to indicate the arsenic levels based on light and odor intensity.