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<p> A Microbial Fuel Cell with a light-driven <span style="font-style:italic">E. coli</span> engine.  </p>
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<p>What happens when GFP meets different promoters? Are they all the same? Here is what we found out!</p>
 
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<p>Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) are bio-electrochemical systems that drive current by using bacteria, that are isolated often times from waste waters or soil. Modeling the metabolism and electron transfer strategies of the bacteria living in waste waters through a controlled system based on a single species can help to optimize and enhance the MFCs technological landscape.Our idea is to optimize MFC’s platform using an engineered E. coli that exploits sunlight to live better under stressful conditions and that has an increased electron production.</p>
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<p>A typical MFC is composed of two separate chambers, the anode and the cathode, separated by a proton exchange membrane (PEM). Bacteria are grown in the anode under anaerobic condition.  The electrons are the product of the bacteria metabolism. The lack of oxygen as acceptor enables the electrons to be transferred to the electrode. In the cathode, electrons combine with oxygen and protons to form water.</p>
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<p>In the anode there is no oxygen and bacteria must survive under anaerobic conditions. Our system uses E. coli as the model organism. E. coli is a facultative anaerobic bacterium, able to live without oxygen undergoing fermentation. In these conditions, the  bacterial metabolism is slowed down and thus affecting the electrons production. Our idea is to increase E. coli viability in the anaerobic anode, in order to optimize electricity production.</p>
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InterLab Measurement Study

What happens when GFP meets different promoters? Are they all the same? Here is what we found out!

The Interlab Measurement Study