"

From 2012.igem.org

---

UNIVERSITY

---

Outreach

1. Passport to ASU

We observed uptake of GFP-expressing bacteria into plant roots (Figure 1). The fact that (at least some) plants can actively break up bacteria and use them for nutrients was only reported last year^[1]. This finding is of extreme importance to our project as the exposure of roots to indole 3-acetic acid will vary significantly if the uptake of the compound takes place inside the roots themselves rather than from the outside. This also presents a novel platform of indirectly engineering plants as delivery of a whole range of compounds will be possible using this method.