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Revision as of 17:40, 27 September 2017

SAFETY

When choosing an organism to help us produce acetaminophen and vitamin B-12 we sought out an FDA approved microbe; however, we resorted to using a non-toxic cyanobacteria as a model for spirulina. Spirulina is generally recognized as safe organism. Our genes were chosen from bio-safety level 1 organisms.