Enzyme

[sunfarstar]

The existence of a technology can enzyme inserted into bacteria, and then decomposed garbage? If you know, please tell me. Thank you.
是否存在一种技术，能将酶植入细菌，然后分解垃圾？你如果知道，请告诉我。谢谢。

[Jacobinist]

The existence of a technology can enzyme inserted into bacteria, and then decomposed garbage? If you know, please tell me. Thank you.
是否存在一种技术，能将酶植入细菌，然后分解垃圾？你如果知道，请告诉我。谢谢。

I dont think I understand what you're asking. Can current technology create an enzyme that can be inserted into bacteria, no. The process of protein synthesis is still a rather complicated matter, much less a device that small.

[Mumbles]

No, at this point it's too much of a leap to create an enzyme fitted for a bacterium.

One of the local scientists who I've been in contact with since he visited my school is working on a thing with sickle-cell anemia and all that they're able to do so far to test their hypotheses is to remove material and/or transplace it. Which is pretty complex anyways because of the size and number of "whatchamacallits" in DNA.

If you tried to add genetic code to a bacterium, you'd have to know a lot, possibly all I'm not sure, about it. Because in its code already may be information to go against or change something of that enzymes nature, or the bacterium may just cease to work because of what was added went against something that kept it "alive".

But, again this is just me not backed by science, I think that if we get to a point where we've learned all about a certain bacterium and we knew how to properly make an enzyme to enhance it's ability to decompose refuse, it might work. Until then though, I think we should/could try and make use the potential energy stored within the refuse itself.

Sorry if any of this is incorrect, I'm no full-fledged scientist, but I play one on tv :p

[mikelepore]

Not exactly what was asked, but in 1991 they discovered a bacterium that eats petroleum, so now when there is an oil spill in the ocean they put these bacteria on the spill to eat it. It's called Pseudomonas putida.