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<p>Please visit the <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Safety">Safety Hub</a> to find this year's safety requirements & deadlines, and to learn about safe & responsible research in iGEM.</p>
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        <p class="longP">In nowadays, with the environmental awareness rising, dioxin contamination in Taiwan is a big problem waiting to
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<p>On this page of your wiki, you should write about how you are addressing any safety issues in your project. The wiki is a place where you can <strong>go beyond the questions on the safety forms</strong>, and write about whatever safety topics are most interesting in your project. (You do not need to copy your safety forms onto this wiki page.)</p>
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          be solved in an efficient way. TonB and 2-haloacid dehalogenaseos come from
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          <i>Burkholderia cenocepacia</i> 869T2, which was isolated from the
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          <i>Chrysopogon zizanioides</i>(=
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          <i>Vetiveria zizanioides</i> ) at diesel polluted site called the China Petrochemical Development Corporation.
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          <i>Burkholderia cenocepacia</i> 869T2 is a member of the
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          <i>Burkholderia cepacia</i> complex (Bcc), which consists of several species of closely related and extremely versatile
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          gram-negative bacteria found naturally in soil, water, and the rhizosphere of plants and may also cause plant or
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          human disease (ex: cycstic fibrosis). However, through the WGS Chia-Jung Tsai discovered that there is a significant
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          disparity between
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          <i>Burkholderia cenocepacia</i> 869T2 and other strains of
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          <i>Burkholderia</i>
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<li>Choosing a non-pathogenic chassis</li>
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          <sup>[1]</sup>. And also through the 16S rRNA sequences,
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<li>Choosing parts that will not harm humans / animals / plants</li>
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          <i>Burkholderia seminalis</i> is the one which related to 869T2 the most in
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<li>Substituting safer materials for dangerous materials in a proof-of-concept experiment</li>
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          <i>Burkholderia spp.</i> which mainly purpose is to urge plant growth or to inhibit plant disease
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          <sup>[2]</sup>. Despite the 869T2, we also ensure that all parts we’re using come from
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          <i>Escherichia coli</i> (K12 strain),
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          <i>Burkholderia phytofirmans</i> PsJN,
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          <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> rm125 and
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          <i>Termitomyces</i> T984 are all in risk one. And for more information about 869T2 and PsJN you can see in the
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            href=“https://2018.igem.org/Team:NCHU_Taichung/Background”>background</a>.</p>
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        <h2 class="ui dividing header">Dioxin Treatment</h2>
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<p>What safety procedures do you use every day in the lab? Did you perform any unusual experiments, or face any unusual safety issues? Write about them here!</p>
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          <div class="ui pointing label">2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin</div>
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              <th>TEF </th>
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              <th>Decomposition </th>
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              <th>Melting point </th>
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              <th>Solubility in water </th>
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              <td>932℃ </td>
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              <td>305-306℃ </td>
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              <td>2X10-4 mg/L at 25℃ </td>
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              <td>0.000002 mmHg at 25℃</td>
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        <p class="longP">Since our project is mainly about the 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, using dioxin in our experiment is inevitable.
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          According to the research, Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin is stable under ordinary conditions of storage and is considered
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          relatively stable toward heat, acids, and alkalies
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          <sup>[4][5]</sup>. As the solubility in water is very little, we solute it in the methylbenzene. And the vapor pressure
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          of 2,3,7,8-TCDD is very low so it’s difficult to volatilize. However, the expose of dioxin still might be the biggest
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          safety problem, so we visit the dioxin-related expert in
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          <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:NCHU_Taichung/Human_Practices#TACTRI">the Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute(TACTRI).</a> Eventually, we sort out a safety
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          manual from the lab training and also from the expert advice.</p>
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        <h3 class="ui header">Safety Manual</h3>
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          <li>Wear the lab-coat inside, another disposable lab-coat outside, the disposable mask and gloves.</li>
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          <li>for the non-disposable equipment such as pippete : wrap them with plastic wrap before using, and dispose the plastic
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            wrap after the experiment.</li>
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          <li>For the waste:
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              <li value="-">waste liquid:
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                <br>Collect in the waste barrel and send it to the “Center for Environmental Protection and Occupational Safety
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                and Health” which is in our school</li>
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              <li value="-">equipment waste:
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                <br>Collect in BIOHAZARD Autoclave Bag and send it to a waste clearance and treatment facility</li>
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          <li>Do the dioxin-related experiment in the fume hood with absorbent benchtop </li>
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          <li>Keep the TCDD in the right place where have a warning sign</li>
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            <div class="ui pointing label">The authority's regulation on dioxin didn't list the 2,3,7,8-TCDD on Toxic chemical's list, buying 2,3,7,8-TCDD
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              in school is legal and accessible.</div>
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        <h2 class="ui dividing header">Our lab</h2>
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            <div class="ui pointing label">Although we’re mainly working in P1 level lab, we still have P2 level lab while we need it.</div>
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          <div class="item">Angus, A.A., et al., Plant-associated symbiotic Burkholderia species lack hallmark strategies required in mammalian
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            pathogenesis. PLoS One., 2014. 9(1).</div>
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          <div class="item">Chia-Jung Tsai. (2018). Transcriptomic analysis of endophytic bacterium Burkholderia sp. 869T2 during 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
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            decomposing. Master Thesis from the National Chung Hsing University.</div>
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          <div class="item">Hayes, Wayland J., Jr. Pesticides Studied in Man. Baltimore/London: Williams and Wilkins, 1982., p. 479</div>
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            class="item">USEPA; Drinking Water Criteria Document for 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin p.I-1 (1985) EPA 600/x-84/94-1</div>
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Safety

Organism

In nowadays, with the environmental awareness rising, dioxin contamination in Taiwan is a big problem waiting to be solved in an efficient way. TonB and 2-haloacid dehalogenaseos come from Burkholderia cenocepacia 869T2, which was isolated from the Chrysopogon zizanioides(= Vetiveria zizanioides ) at diesel polluted site called the China Petrochemical Development Corporation. Burkholderia cenocepacia 869T2 is a member of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), which consists of several species of closely related and extremely versatile gram-negative bacteria found naturally in soil, water, and the rhizosphere of plants and may also cause plant or human disease (ex: cycstic fibrosis). However, through the WGS Chia-Jung Tsai discovered that there is a significant disparity between Burkholderia cenocepacia 869T2 and other strains of Burkholderia [1]. And also through the 16S rRNA sequences, Burkholderia seminalis is the one which related to 869T2 the most in Burkholderia spp. which mainly purpose is to urge plant growth or to inhibit plant disease [2]. Despite the 869T2, we also ensure that all parts we’re using come from Escherichia coli (K12 strain), Burkholderia phytofirmans PsJN, Bacillus subtilis rm125 and Termitomyces T984 are all in risk one. And for more information about 869T2 and PsJN you can see in the background.

Dioxin Treatment

2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
TEF Decomposition Melting point Solubility in water Vapor pressure
1 932℃ 305-306℃ 2X10-4 mg/L at 25℃ 0.000002 mmHg at 25℃

Since our project is mainly about the 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, using dioxin in our experiment is inevitable. According to the research, Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin is stable under ordinary conditions of storage and is considered relatively stable toward heat, acids, and alkalies [4][5]. As the solubility in water is very little, we solute it in the methylbenzene. And the vapor pressure of 2,3,7,8-TCDD is very low so it’s difficult to volatilize. However, the expose of dioxin still might be the biggest safety problem, so we visit the dioxin-related expert in the Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute(TACTRI). Eventually, we sort out a safety manual from the lab training and also from the expert advice.

Safety Manual

  1. Wear the lab-coat inside, another disposable lab-coat outside, the disposable mask and gloves.
  2. for the non-disposable equipment such as pippete : wrap them with plastic wrap before using, and dispose the plastic wrap after the experiment.
  3. For the waste:
    1. waste liquid:
      Collect in the waste barrel and send it to the “Center for Environmental Protection and Occupational Safety and Health” which is in our school
    2. equipment waste:
      Collect in BIOHAZARD Autoclave Bag and send it to a waste clearance and treatment facility
  4. Do the dioxin-related experiment in the fume hood with absorbent benchtop
  5. Keep the TCDD in the right place where have a warning sign
The authority's regulation on dioxin didn't list the 2,3,7,8-TCDD on Toxic chemical's list, buying 2,3,7,8-TCDD in school is legal and accessible.
BIOHAZARD Autoclave Bag

Our lab

Although we’re mainly working in P1 level lab, we still have P2 level lab while we need it.

Reference

Angus, A.A., et al., Plant-associated symbiotic Burkholderia species lack hallmark strategies required in mammalian pathogenesis. PLoS One., 2014. 9(1).
Chia-Jung Tsai. (2018). Transcriptomic analysis of endophytic bacterium Burkholderia sp. 869T2 during 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin decomposing. Master Thesis from the National Chung Hsing University.
Hayes, Wayland J., Jr. Pesticides Studied in Man. Baltimore/London: Williams and Wilkins, 1982., p. 479
USEPA; Drinking Water Criteria Document for 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin p.I-1 (1985) EPA 600/x-84/94-1