Team:ULB-Brussels/Safety
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deep attention is taken to use safely our lab equipement and our E.Coli bacteria. </p></section> | deep attention is taken to use safely our lab equipement and our E.Coli bacteria. </p></section> | ||
- | We use only benign genes and strains of microorganisms (E. Coli K-12, M.C. 1061, S. Cervesiae,...) </p> | + | We use only benign genes and strains of microorganisms (E. Coli K-12, M.C. 1061, S. Cervesiae, ...) </p> |
and the toxins that we use aren't dangerous by contact to humans. </p> | and the toxins that we use aren't dangerous by contact to humans. </p> | ||
Furthermore, once our project will be finished, any bacteria escaped will quickly die. </p> | Furthermore, once our project will be finished, any bacteria escaped will quickly die. </p> | ||
Indeed, the antitoxin production is subordinate to an arabinose-dependant promoter. Thus,</p> | Indeed, the antitoxin production is subordinate to an arabinose-dependant promoter. Thus,</p> | ||
- | if it escapes the lab, the | + | if it escapes the lab, the bacteria will no longer be provided with the inducer, and it will stop producing the antitoxin. </p></section> |
- | At last, Mighty Coli should ultimately be used in closed bioreactors, which also have their own built-in biocontainment component. </p>We can thus safely assume that the Mighty Coli project does not comprehend any appreciable risk.</p> | + | At last, Mighty Coli should ultimately be used in closed bioreactors, which also have their own built-in biocontainment component. </p> |
+ | -</p> | ||
+ | We can thus safely assume that the Mighty Coli project does not comprehend any appreciable risk.</p> | ||
-</section> | -</section> | ||
<tr><td><br/><br/></td></tr> | <tr><td><br/><br/></td></tr> | ||
</table></th></tr> | </table></th></tr> |
Revision as of 15:33, 3 August 2014
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