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Team:Lyon-INSA/results
From 2012.igem.org
Context and Objectives
Biofilms are responsible for billions of dollars in production losses and treatment costs in the industry every year. Indeed biofilms involve :
Assuming that the environment is over-saturated with harmful chemicals such as biocides, whose long-term health effects still have to be elucidated, there is a great need for novel solutions to reduce detrimental biofilm effects.
Thus, we develop a new generation of solution against biofilms in industry, which allows to reduce :
PROJECT STRATEGY
Engineered bacterial "torpedos" capable of infiltrating, destroying biofilms (KILL) and protecting the cleaned surfaces by either a surfactant coating (COAT option), or by establishment of a positive biofilm ( STICK option).
- Inacessible biofilms in pipes should be destroyed
- Delivery of active substance within the biofilm should be facilitated by the tunneling activity of Bacillus swimmer cells
- non pathogenic
- do not cause equipment deteroriation by corrosion
Bacillus strains are:
This biocide-alternative strategy provides an money-saving and environementally friendly solution for the control of unwanted biofilm
