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<center><h1> Hello, We are the iGEM team representing the University of York! </h1></center>
 
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<p> This year we have chosen to come up with a solution to a problem at the root of eutrophication- where too much phosphate in water bodies leads to algal blooms. These blooms disrupt local ecosystems by causing ‘dead zones’ in which animals are lost from the habitat. The input of wastewater into these bodies is a large contributing factor to the issue. Phosphate removal from wastewater is a considerable challenge that we hope to solve with biological agents as an alternative to chemical treatment. Our project builds upon the ideas of enhanced biological phosphate removal (EBPR) in which bacteria known as polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) in activated sludge acquire phosphate inside their cells. However current microbiological tools are inefficient and we feel that designing a bacterium to remove phosphate will be much better suited to the task. </p>
 
  
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<center><p> University of York is located in North Yorkshire, England. </p></center>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/York.igem.2014" >iGEM York 2015 Facebook page</a></P>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/igemyork" ><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Twitter_bird_logo_2012.svg" alt="twitter logo" height="4%" width="4%"/><a href="https://twitter.com/igemyork">iGEM York 2015 twitter page</a></p>
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<p> We are working to lessen the eutrophication effects of downstream runoff from wastewater treatment plants. How?
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By engineering <em>Escherichia coli</em> to efficiently uptake phosphate out of wastewater. By using genes from specialised "Phosphate Accumulating Organisms" (PAOs), we are able to increase the efficiency of <em>E. coli</em>. This process is already used in enhanced biological phosphate removal (EBPR). By using <em>E. coli</em> to accumulate the phosphate, we can also integrate genes to make the bacteria float to the top of the bioreactor and have the bacteria skimmed off. Once the bacteria is in a separate tank, genes can be induced to export the phosphate which can be re-cycled and sold, and the bacteria recycled back into the bioreactors to continue phosphate removal. </p>
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<p><a href="https://yustart.hubbub.net/p/yorkigem2015/" ><img src="http://www.yorkspace.net/image/2014-logos/yustart2x.png" height="8%" width="8%"/> <span>&nbsp;</span> Please donate to us via YuStart</a></p>
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Latest revision as of 08:37, 16 September 2015

Hello, We are the iGEM team representing the University of York!

University of York is located in North Yorkshire, England.

We are working to lessen the eutrophication effects of downstream runoff from wastewater treatment plants. How? By engineering Escherichia coli to efficiently uptake phosphate out of wastewater. By using genes from specialised "Phosphate Accumulating Organisms" (PAOs), we are able to increase the efficiency of E. coli. This process is already used in enhanced biological phosphate removal (EBPR). By using E. coli to accumulate the phosphate, we can also integrate genes to make the bacteria float to the top of the bioreactor and have the bacteria skimmed off. Once the bacteria is in a separate tank, genes can be induced to export the phosphate which can be re-cycled and sold, and the bacteria recycled back into the bioreactors to continue phosphate removal.