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− | <li> One application can be administered in cities or local living areas by treating sewages with sophisticated sponge racks for contamination remediation that comes from asphalt runoff and may possibly contain harmful PAHs. </li> | + | <h6><li>One application can be administered in cities or local living areas by treating sewages with sophisticated sponge racks for contamination remediation that comes from asphalt runoff and may possibly contain harmful PAHs. </li></h6> |
− | <li> Other sources of PAHs are derived from industry products such as dyes, plastics, and pesticides. Through weather or byproducts released from industrial companies, the harmful compounds may be released into streams, sewage water, and groundwater. The pump and treat methods we have created may then be implemented into efficient vat sites nearby to prevent the spread of these contaminating compounds. </li> | + | <h6><li>Other sources of PAHs are derived from industry products such as dyes, plastics, and pesticides. Through weather or byproducts released from industrial companies, the harmful compounds may be released into streams, sewage water, and groundwater. The pump and treat methods we have created may then be implemented into efficient vat sites nearby to prevent the spread of these contaminating compounds. </li></h6> |
− | <li> PAHs can also be produced from various vehicles, such as cars and buses, due to the burning of fossil fuels and will eventually end up in sewages, streams, biogeochemical cycles, and groundwater reservoirs. These detrimental compounds can then be pumped from the ground or other water sources and treated via our sponge vat method. </li> | + | <h6><li>PAHs can also be produced from various vehicles, such as cars and buses, due to the burning of fossil fuels and will eventually end up in sewages, streams, biogeochemical cycles, and groundwater reservoirs. These detrimental compounds can then be pumped from the ground or other water sources and treated via our sponge vat method. </li></h6> |
− | <li> Spills of crude oil, coal, coal tar pitch, creosote, and roofing tar that are deemed unusable can now be contained and treated through ex-situ methods in groundwater reservoirs and ocean spills. The general method being used today with leaked substances is to harvest them where possible and burn them for energy. However, this method is not the most beneficial as the majority of the oil will not be picked up and often ends up harming the ecosystem of the surrounding environment. </li> | + | <h6><li>Spills of crude oil, coal, coal tar pitch, creosote, and roofing tar that are deemed unusable can now be contained and treated through ex-situ methods in groundwater reservoirs and ocean spills. The general method being used today with leaked substances is to harvest them where possible and burn them for energy. However, this method is not the most beneficial as the majority of the oil will not be picked up and often ends up harming the ecosystem of the surrounding environment. </li></h6> |
− | <li> Crude oil detoxification has been shown to be significantly improved by our bacteria through our results, exemplifying the practicality of our project design. </li> | + | <h6><li>Crude oil detoxification has been shown to be significantly improved by our bacteria through our results, exemplifying the practicality of our project design. </li></h6> |
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− | < | + | <center><h6 style="text-align:center">As demonstrated, significant growth and degradation has been recorded for Pennsylvanian, Ecuador, and Saudi Arabian oil. Please look at our results page for more.</h6></center> |
− | </h6><h6 style="text-align:center">We have conducted a series of degradation experiments to measure the efficacy of the newly engineered strains containing optimized synthetic phenanthrene and fluorene degradation pathway, demonstrating the bacteria's ability to harness the PAHs as a carbon source and ultimately degrading the compounds. These bacteria can be incorporated in oil spill remediation and bioreactor use as commercial product, achieving detoxification through combinatorial genetic bioremediation. | + | <br><h6 style="text-align:center">We have conducted a series of degradation experiments to measure the efficacy of the newly engineered strains containing optimized synthetic phenanthrene and fluorene degradation pathway, demonstrating the bacteria's ability to harness the PAHs as a carbon source and ultimately degrading the compounds. These bacteria can be incorporated in oil spill remediation and bioreactor use as commercial product, achieving detoxification through combinatorial genetic bioremediation. |
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