Team:IvyTech SouthBend IN

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<p> Our project uses a lytic coliphage release of the bacterial beta-galactosidase enzyme activity and the conversion of a colorimetric substrate. In the presence of lacZ alpha frgments, the LacZ omega fragments will bind to the alpha fragments creating  change in either pH or electro-conductivity.</p>
<p> Our project uses a lytic coliphage release of the bacterial beta-galactosidase enzyme activity and the conversion of a colorimetric substrate. In the presence of lacZ alpha frgments, the LacZ omega fragments will bind to the alpha fragments creating  change in either pH or electro-conductivity.</p>
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We are Team Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-South Bend!

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What is your project about?

Our project Idea is based on the need for for a preemptive approach to fecal matter bacteriophage disease causing viruses, not the post disease acquiring reaction that is now in effect.Currently those in charge of the swimming areas wait until they are notified that someone has come down with an unknown sickness and only knows they swam in the area the day before. Two to three people may have symptoms and the common denominator is swimming at the same beach or drinking the same water. A water sample is then taken, sent to a local laboratory and grown up on petri dishes. When a beach is closed due to bacteria it is usually three days after the current full of bacteria-phages was present. Given the amount of swimming areas, beaches and public access sites, along with the number of people who frequent them, we feel that there is a need for a rapid, handheld bio-sensor that can immediately get results.

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Our project uses a lytic coliphage release of the bacterial beta-galactosidase enzyme activity and the conversion of a colorimetric substrate. In the presence of lacZ alpha frgments, the LacZ omega fragments will bind to the alpha fragments creating change in either pH or electro-conductivity.

http://ckmnye.wix.com/2014ivytechsouthbend
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