Microbe Engineering

[NavajoEverclear]

I want some of that microbe, sounds fun

is there such thing (as far as we know) as a microbe engineer?

Will there be some day? Perhaps one day there will be a computer that is attached to a machine with all the chemicals needed to create life--- and on the computer you can design amino acid stuff or whatever and then the machine will build it----- somehow. Sounds cool.

[NavajoEverclear]

whats up with this? why is my post on the top? who is screwing with my reality?!!

 

 

and this one appears under the last one? i think i will now short circuit is that that that how you spell cricuitw bzzzzzzzz-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------systemfailure-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Guest GhostrideR]

Hi there,

 

Anyone know of a microbe that exclusively eats paper.

 

I need to genetically engineer one that will die off if it does not have a food source, paper, for a few seconds or more.

 

Thanks,

 

[YT2095]

Paper`s largely composed of cellulose, other than chemical reagents or the obvious use of fire, I`ve never heard of such microbe that`ll eat cellulose, maybe the other nutrients in a plant cell yes, but nothing that consumes cellulose, they normaly leave that behind.

[Sayonara]

Think "Ruminants" YT

 

What GhostrideR needs is a cellulase-producing bacterial culture from a cow's digestive system.

[YT2095]

Fair enough point, yeah.

 

I was trying to think along the lines of estrification reactions on the Hydroxyl group. never considered products of larger animals

[Sayonara]

I suppose he could just feed all his documents to a cow. That would be easiest.

[YT2095]

LOL, it`s the "few seconds or more" that threw/thows me? I just just hope if he gets the stuff, he doesn`t keep in the same pocket as his money! ROFLOL

[Guest GhostrideR]

Haha

 

Eating money is almost hitting the nail on the head,

 

Basically it needs to eat money.

Unauthorised opening of safe would result in the insured amount been eaten.

 

Then i dont want these critters to carry on munching anything they dont need to.

 

Putting a cow in a safe would have the animal groups up in arms.

[Sayonara]

Your main problem will be keeping the microbes active until they're needed, not engineering their "self destruct" process.

 

:-/

[Guest GhostrideR]

Yeah but what you could do is ensure that they are always active until they eat paper, then if they dont get another source of paper in say 5 seconds, they die.

[YT2095]

my opinion is that your method has more holes in it that the money would!.

 

set a simple thermite charge, triggered at the same time as an area denial gas. you could trigger the lot from a simple "party popper".

Capsciacin`s a particularly nice gas/vapor to use and easy to make, and also non lethal.

while they`re running about screaming and shouting OUCH! MY EYES! the thermite`s burning yer cash.

tho burning cash seems like such a dumba$$ idea too!

[VendingMenace]

man, if a paper eating bacteria ever got loose....that would suxxor. Libraries would cumble, all money would go away (exept coins), pinatas would disetagrate, all third world housing would be eaten...

 

Seriously, were someone to figure out how to make a paper eating bacteria, then it would behoove them to be quite carefull with it, accidental release would have serious and long lasting social-economic ramifications.

[YT2095]

and what would we wipe our .....

 

second thought, nevermind

[VendingMenace]

LOL! YT, that was classic, very nice!

[YT2095]

I was only going to say:   "Noses with"  

 

 

Honest