The PhoBac synthetic biology system mops nutrient pollution out of wastewater to use as fertiliser.
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It is hoped synthetic biology can help end agriculture's reliance on phosphate mining to make fertiliser. Phosphates, in combination with nitrates, can cause eutrophication - excessive plant or algal growth that starves other life of light and oxygen, sometimes creating vast dead zones.Meanwhile phosphate rock is only found in a handful of countries and is a rapidly depleting resource.
The PhoBac project has already been awarded a gold medal at the iGEM international synthetic biology competition.The first phase of the project, developing a bacteria that removes phosphates from water and releases it in response to plant signals when in soil, has been completed."We have to be cautious about things - some people are quite wary about genetically modified organisms and to some extent I think that's quite important," he said.
"But we are not really thinking down that route, at the moment we are just thinking about wastewater treatment plants."
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