Team:BCCS-Bristol/Project
From 2009.igem.org
BCCS-Bristol
iGEM 2009
iGEM 2009
Outer Membrane Vesicles
We are attempting to express (non-toxic!) heterologus proteins in bacterial outer membrane vesicles for the purposes of 'digital' communication, swarm immunity and pattern formation:
- Special delivery: vesicle trafficking in prokaryotes (image credit)
- Engineered Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles with Enhanced Functionality
Magnetotaxis
Inspired by papers on controlled manipulation and actuation of micro-objects with magnetotactic bacteria, we are also looking into magnetotaxis via attatchment of bacteria to external magnetic particles:
- Effect of quantity and configuration of attached bacteria on bacterial propulsion of microbeads (image credit)