Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
Natural gas (methane) is emerging as a viable power source for many industrial, commercial, and domestic applications. Bio-methane provides a promising replacement for mined natural gas. Methanogenic bacteria produce this bio-methane. These anaerobic bacteria pertain to the Domain Archaea, and are found in extreme environments where few other bacteria survive. They are employed by Up-Flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactors in the digestion of wastes to a marketable product (methane). The genome of methanogenic bacteria can be amplified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a synthetic DNA replication system. This system employs specific sequences of DNA called primers. The primers employed in this study focused on 16S rRNA amplification providing a fingerprint of the organism’s identity. Previous design of these primers was unsuccessful and resulted in non-specific binding.
Recommended Citation
Walters, Andrew; Doloman, Anna; and Miller, Charles, "Development of Archaeal and Algalytic Bacteria Detection Systems" (2016). Biology Posters. Paper 27.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/biology_posters/27