Human practices
To be on the safe side with our project we contacted many experts and explained them our intention. We contacted not only allergists to check if our test strip, that will identify the different pollen in the air, can help to to measure out the medicine, but also scientists who are specialized in palynology ( scientific field of pollen) and the German fruit juice industry, because our Escherichiacoli will produce pectinase, which is often used by the industry for breaking the cells of fruits in order to gain as much juice as possible.
Asking allergists and professors
Jereon Buters, a professor at the technical university of Munich showed real interest in our general project. After the Giant Jamboree we want to stay in contact with him and he wants to support our project in future researches.
Another thing we had to think about was the negative side of developing a biosensor. If the biosensor debuts, the centre for pollen in the technical university of Munich which counted the pollen before would lose their purpose and it could cause loss of jobs because the pollen were counted by hand with a microscope.
Asking the fruit juice industry
He told us that the fruit juice industry uses pectinase for clearing the juice, which is an important step for clear apple juice. If our E. coli could produce the pectinases, it could be used in the fruit juice industry because the amount of pectinase the industry need is „quantum satis“(limit l ess).
I f there is a chance for the fruit juice industry to use the E. coli it needs to be approved for the food production by the European Union that tests the E.coli if it is detrimental to ones health and if it can be used by the for industry.
So this could be another way to use our E. coli and to research in the future.