Team:Cambridge/Human Practices

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We spent a day early in the project imagining how engineered artificial bioluminescence might be used in the future.
We spent a day early in the project imagining how engineered artificial bioluminescence might be used in the future.
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==Bioluminescent species==
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==Knowledge Recycling==
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The Cambridge team is looking into these bacterial luciferases:
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Our thoughts on using biological light sources led us to consider the concept of sustainability. Would our lighting be better than conventional devices in this area?
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* <i>Vibrio fischeri</i> forms symbioses with squid to prevent the squid from casting a shadow on moonlit nights. Due to this their lux proteins are non-functional above 30 degrees
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* <i>Vibrio (formerly Photobacterium) phosphoreum</i> emits a very blue light, perhaps partly through its use of [http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_K216007 lumazine]
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