Might this assay be useful in detecting level of bacteria and virus infecting the algae ponds?
Jim Miller's List: ALGAE
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Mar 25, 09
Dunaliella tertiolecta is the best candidate for
the chosen design. Potentially this species can fulfil the high growth rates given in [4] – an
average of 30 g m-2 day-1, equivalent to approximately 109.6 t ha-1 a-1of dry-weight algae. -
Mar 29, 09
Stin-co America, LLC
Thomas Stinnett
Breckinridge County New tool to aid in the installation of underground plastic utility lines.
Developed the Stin-co Safety Stakeä, a device to assist with the efficiency of laying and safely maintaining underground plastic pipe-
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Tribo Flow Separations LLC.
John Stencel
Fayette CountyInstrumentation for real-time monitoring and identifying microbes and cells
The capacity to develop the first real-time biosensor is created. Called the microbe and cell assay (MICA™) device, it determines the presence and activity of bacteria, viruses and cells by detecting inherent physical and chemical processes of and interactions between microbes and cells. MICA™ provides microbiological information for clinical and research applications, including the detection of microbes even at very low concentrations; characterization of cell cultures useful for discovery of novel drugs; measurement of virus-cell interactions during viral attack; and real-time definition of intra-cellular and extra-cellular sensing and communication that occurs during the onset of bacterial and viral infections.
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From Wikipedia - "Anastasios Melis a researcher at the University of California at Berkeley discovered that if the algae culture medium is deprived of sulfur it will switch from the production of oxygen (normal photosynthesis), to the production of hydrogen. He found that the enzyme responsible for this reaction is hydrogenase, but that the hydrogenase lost this function in the presence of oxygen. Melis found that depleting the amount of sulfur available to the algae interrupted its internal oxygen flow, allowing the hydrogenase an environment in which it can react, causing the algae to produce hydrogen."
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Create an algal biofuels consortium to accelerate demonstration of algal biofuels through a competitive solicitation ($50 million)
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Jul 04, 09
Innovative concepts for beneficial CO2 use.
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