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<p>In the future, we could imagine our bacteria inside of a hollow fiber bioreactor in a river or water treatment plant with contaminated water flowing through. The high metal concentration would activate the system and our bacteria would start harvesting the pollutants. It could be coupled to a bio-sensor and then, when a Cadmium concentration threshold is reached the bacteria could change colour, from white to red. This colour change would indicate that it is time for “harvesting”. </p> | <p>In the future, we could imagine our bacteria inside of a hollow fiber bioreactor in a river or water treatment plant with contaminated water flowing through. The high metal concentration would activate the system and our bacteria would start harvesting the pollutants. It could be coupled to a bio-sensor and then, when a Cadmium concentration threshold is reached the bacteria could change colour, from white to red. This colour change would indicate that it is time for “harvesting”. </p> | ||
| - | <p>When this colour change is elicited, the cells could either be lysed by a chemical process or even induced to do | + | <p>When this colour change is elicited, the cells could either be lysed by a chemical process or even induced to do so by a kill switch. The metal could then be recovered and sold for commercial gain making decontaminating water profitable!</p><br> |
| - | + | <p>In the future, we wish to investigate chelating other metals that are also found in waste water that have greater monetary value. Vanadium for example, could be chelated in a similar process to our system outlined above.</p> | |
| - | <p>In the future, we wish to investigate chelating other metals that are also found in waste water that have greater monetary value. Vanadium for example, could be chelated in a similar process to our system outlined above | + | |
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Revision as of 23:55, 17 October 2014
Future Applications
In the future, we could imagine our bacteria inside of a hollow fiber bioreactor in a river or water treatment plant with contaminated water flowing through. The high metal concentration would activate the system and our bacteria would start harvesting the pollutants. It could be coupled to a bio-sensor and then, when a Cadmium concentration threshold is reached the bacteria could change colour, from white to red. This colour change would indicate that it is time for “harvesting”.
When this colour change is elicited, the cells could either be lysed by a chemical process or even induced to do so by a kill switch. The metal could then be recovered and sold for commercial gain making decontaminating water profitable!
In the future, we wish to investigate chelating other metals that are also found in waste water that have greater monetary value. Vanadium for example, could be chelated in a similar process to our system outlined above.
