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Team:Bielefeld-CeBiTec/Results/CO2-fixation/Measurement
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Module II - Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Fixation
Cultivation
The aim of the cultivation was to characterize the carbon dioxide fixation in E. coli by an appropriate process. For this approach we wanted to establish a fermentation process, where E. coli is growing first under aeration to obtain aerobic growth conditions to determine the carbon dioxide fixation of the RuBisCo and the Carboxysome afterwrds under this condition, as well as conditions were oxygen is limited, but still aeration takes place. Besides we wanted to ensure that an effective carbon dioxide fixation would be measured. Therefore we gased in additional carbon dioxide, resulting in an 10 fold hihger atmospheric concentraction of 0,312 %.
Figure x: Carbonate equlibration.
Figure x: Carbonate equlibration.
Figure x: Calibration 10%.
Figure x: Calibration 4%.
Figure x: Calibration by linear fit of the output signal of the qubit analyzer to determine the carbon dioxide fixation.
Figure x: Comparision of the calibration by the measured carbon dioxide using the Qubit Analyzer and calculation from the measured flow rates of the system.
Figure x: Cultivation process.
References
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Sage, Rowan F. „Variation in the K(cat) of Rubisco in C(3) and C(4) Plants and Some Implications for Photosynthetic Performance at High and Low Temperature“. Journal of Experimental Botany 53, no. 369 (2002): 609–20.
