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Introduction

"There have been attempts to reduce atmospheric level of carbon dioxide in various approaches."

Since the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuels have been used to power industries and machines. As the world gets more industrialized in accordance with population growth, the demand for fossil fuels has grown more than ever. Due to drastic increase of fossil fuel consumption, massive amount of carbon dioxide($CO\_2$) has been emitted into the atmosphere and the amount is still growing. As carbon dioxide($CO\_2$) is considered to be a significant factor accelerating global warming, there have been numerous attempts to reduce the atmospheric level of carbon dioxide($CO\_2$). Administrators have ratified protocols to regulate the emission of carbon dioxide($CO\_2$). Scientists have endeavored to figure out ways to reduce this greenhouse gas despite several limitations. We, Team KAIST, Korea, suggest an idea of carbon dioxide($CO\_2$) fixation with specially engineered bacterial strain which converts atmospheric carbon dioxide($CO\_2$) into meaningful biomass as well as consuming it.