Team:Toulouse/Project/Spreading

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<p class="title1">Using a glutamin auxotroph <i>B. subtilis</i> strain</p>
<p class="title1">Using a glutamin auxotroph <i>B. subtilis</i> strain</p>
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<i>Bacillus subtilis</i> is a sporing bacterium : sporulation enable the microorganism to handle very harsh conditions and to spread tree to tree. Indeed, a spore is a very resistant form that is adapted for unfavorable conditions and for dispersal.<br/>  
<i>Bacillus subtilis</i> is a sporing bacterium : sporulation enable the microorganism to handle very harsh conditions and to spread tree to tree. Indeed, a spore is a very resistant form that is adapted for unfavorable conditions and for dispersal.<br/>  
To keep the control on the development of SubtiTree, our strain should therefore be non-sporing. Thus, after a season of treatment, the sape become less nutritious, the temperature is low and the engineered bacterium cannot survive the following winter.<br/>
To keep the control on the development of SubtiTree, our strain should therefore be non-sporing. Thus, after a season of treatment, the sape become less nutritious, the temperature is low and the engineered bacterium cannot survive the following winter.<br/>
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In addition, deleting all the engineered bacterial community every year puts a brake on the evolution due to random mutation = to keep control on the genetic constructions  
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In addition, deleting all the engineered bacterial community every year puts a brake on the evolution due to random mutation, thus it allows to keep control on the genetic constructions.
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