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Team:UNICAMP-Brazil/Yeastguard/Killing
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=The Yeastguard: Killing= | =The Yeastguard: Killing= | ||
| - | <p style=”text-align:justify;”></p> | + | <p style=”text-align:justify;”>The killing mechanism was designed based on the contaminants´ features. The lactobacilli are gram-positive bacteria and consequently have specific compounds in the cell wall. In addition, lysozyme is a protein that acts on the cell wall of gram-positive bacteria, catalyzing the hydrolysis of the peptidoglycan. Taking this into account, we decided to use the Lysozyme as a way to kill the contaminants and not cause injury to the yeasts. |
| + | The link between the recognition and killing mechanisms is the device that consists of one of the sensitive lactate promoters and the lysozyme.</p> | ||
==Killing protein: Lysozyme== | ==Killing protein: Lysozyme== | ||
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