Safety

Use this page to answer the questions on the safety page.

Safety forms were approved on September 22, 2013 by Evan Appleton.

iGEM Safety Questions

1. Please describe the chassis organism(s) you will be using for this project. If you will be using more than one chassis organism, provide information on each of them:

We used the strain E. coli K12, the MG1655 strain and its derivatives, which all belong to Risk group 1 ([http://www.absa.org/riskgroups/bacteriasearch.php?genus=Escherichia&species=coli]) and is not associated with disease in healthy adult humans.

2. Highest Risk Group Listed:

The highest risk group listed is 1.

3. List and describe all new or modified coding regions you will be using in your project. (If you use parts from the 2013 iGEM Distribution without modifying them, you do not need to list those parts.)