Title :
Photosynthesizing cyanobacteria inside confined space at microscale
Author :
Ishida, Tomoyuki ; Abe, Ryo ; Omata, Tatsuo ; Takatani, Nobuyuki ; Omata, Tatsuo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mechano-Micro Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Techonology, Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Biofuel is one of promising fuels to solve the depletion of the fossil fuels and the environmental problems. We have proposed a hypothesis that cyanobacteria release biofuel from themselves, when their growths and divisions are suppressed while they keep photosynthesizing. In order to validate this hypothesis, we designed and fabricated a micro-pillar array. Inside the confined spaces of the micro-pillar array, the cyanobacteria do not grow and divide.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biofuel; cellular biophysics; microfabrication; microorganisms; photosynthesis; cyanobacteria release biofuel; environmental problems; fossil fuel depletion; micropillar array; microscale confined space; photosynthesizing cyanobacteria; Decision support systems;
Conference_Titel :
Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS), 2014 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6678-3
DOI :
10.1109/MHS.2014.7006085
