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Edible coli

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“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world” – Robin Williams

For our system to ever become a product on the international market, it must be legal to produce and sell edible, genetically modified bacteria. We don’t know if this will ever happen, and if people ever will eat food produced by bacteria. We believe that everyone should be aware of the fact that the world’s population will increase and double within the next 58 years, Source: Population media Center, 2009: Issue we Address. (Link) and that this might lead to lack of food for everyone in the future.

This is a worldwide problem and we need to find a new food source.
Are people aware of this, when they think of eating bacteria? As synthetic biologist and scientists we think that it is very important to inform the general public and make them understand, that microorganisms might be an opportunity for solving the upcoming problems. We know that it sounds strange and unpleasant to use bacteria as a food source, but after working with this project we see a big capability and potential for microorganisms as a food source in the future.

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 <h3> Reality </h3>
+<p class='intro'>
+<font color="3397FE">“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world” – <b>Robin Williams</b></font>
+</p>
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+<span class="intro">For our system to ever become</span> a product on the international market, it must be legal to produce and sell edible, genetically modified bacteria. We don’t know if this will ever happen, and if people ever will eat food
+produced by bacteria.
+We believe that everyone should be aware of the fact that the world’s population will increase
+and double within the next
+<span class="sourceReference">58 years,</span>
+<span class="tooltip">
+  <span class="tooltipHeader">Source:</span>
+   Population media Center, 2009: Issue we Address.
+<a href="http://www.populationmedia.org/issues/population/" target="_blank">(Link)</a></span> and that this might lead to lack of food for everyone in the future. <br><br>
-Edible coli is an innovative idea with big potential to be put into practice as a food source in the future.
+<span class="intro">This is a worldwide problem</span> and we need to find a new food source.<br>
-We succeeded in designing a protein with the recommended amounts of essential amino acids, as well as
+Are people aware of this, when they think of eating bacteria? As synthetic biologist and scientists we think
-characterizing it. Furthermore we were able to transform &Delta;12 desaturase into an <i>E.coli</i> K12 strain, and
+that it is very important to inform the general public and make them understand, that microorganisms
-to characterize the expression of lemon flavor. <br>
+might be an opportunity for solving the upcoming problems.
-But before our idea can be implemented in the production of nutrition, which is intended to be consumed,
+We know that it sounds strange and unpleasant to use bacteria as a food source, but after working with
-all processes described in <i>next steps</i> must be completed.<br><br>
+this project we see a big capability and potential for microorganisms as a food source in the future.
-In addition, we thought about much other potential of Edible coli. It would be great to design a bacteria
-that express different amounts of the individual amino acids and fats, which would be regulated
-individually and customized to the need of the consumer. To get an even more nourishing product, Edible
-coli might also produce vitamins and minerals.<br><br>
-Damage to the environment might be feared by many; to avoid this, the bacteria could be provided with
-safety mechanisms that kill the cell, when it escapes into the environment.<br><br>
-At least, eating bacteria has been the major ethical issue during our design and development of Edible coli.
-This led us to the idea of transferring our system into another organism, like yeast that is accepted as food,
-although it is a living organism. Unfortunately yeast does not include all amino acid pathways, which makes
-it a big project to transform all essential enzymes.<br><br>
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