Open source approaches to establishing Roseobacter clade bacteria as synthetic biology chassis for biogeoengineering.

ABSTRACT: Aim. The nascent field of bio-geoengineering stands to benefit from synthetic biologists' efforts to standardise, and in so doing democratise, biomolecular research methods. Roseobacter clade bacteria comprise 15-20% of oceanic bacterio-plankton communities, making them a prime candidate for establishment of synthetic biology chassis for bio-geoengineering activities such as bioremediation of oceanic waste plastic. Developments such as the increasing affordability of DNA synthesis and laboratory automation continue to foster the establishment of a global 'do-it-yourself' research community alongside the more traditional arenas of academe and industry. As a collaborative group of citizen, student and professional scientists we sought to test the following hypotheses: (i) that an incubator c

SUBMITTER: Borg Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4941783 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature