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[Rob!]

Companies stuck on bacterial superglue

Last Updated Thu, 25 May 2006 09:28:19 EDT CBC News
Companies are knocking on the door of a Canadian scientist in the U.S. who has discovered bacteria that produce the world's strongest glue.

[FONT=verdana,arial]Yves Brun has discovered bacteria that produce the world's strongest glue. (CBC)[/FONT]

• FROM APRIL 10, 2006: Bacteria make super-sticky sugars

Caulobacter crescentus bacteria produce the adhesive substance, which researchers believe could replace dozens of glues currently on the market.
In April, bacteriologist Yves Brun and his colleagues at the University of Indiana in Bloomington published a study describing how adhesive the substance is.

• RELATED: Bacterial Glue, CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks (April 15, 2006)

Such small objects usually can't withstand such high pressure, but somehow these bacteria do.
Bacteria covering a quarter are able to hold the weight equivalent of an elephant, Brun said.

• RELATED: How would you use the superglue? Sends us your thoughts.

Interested companies have been calling Brun, who figures it will be another two years before the glue is ready to hit the shelves.
"I'm sure other people will figure out applications once we make enough of this glue," said Brun, who moved to the U.S. from New Brunswick 10 years ago. "I want to know how nature generates such a strong adhesive."
Brun believes the bacterial glue could one day replace surgical staples and stitches.
"They live in water, so you've probably ingested some from your tap water before," he said. "It hasn't caused any problems. They're not dangerous."
The team has also figured out an antidote to the sticky substance, finding a way to empty it from a container.

:thumbup: Rob!

 

[STR]

I think I found something better last night. Burned rice in the bottom of a pot. Nothing can get that stuff off! I was thinking there has to be a way to market that stickum! Its the toughest glue on the planet. I scrubbed for an hour and still didn't get it all cleaned up.

STR

 

[JCaswell]

I think I found something better last night. Burned rice in the bottom of a pot.
STR

Been done. The Japanese have used a cooked rice and water slury glue for centuries to glue (among other things) sword scabbard halves together.

You're right about burnt rice in a pot. I've thrown out pots rather than clean them if it's burnt on really bad. I've found that sometimes the pot never really recovers even after it's clean and that's a lot of scrubbing only to throw the thing out in the end.

 

[Mike Hull]

I wonder if it would degrade the joint if someone sprayed an antibacterial cleaner on it?

On the rice glue. We were taught to make that in grade school to glue our projects up.

 

[J.Marsillo]

that headline should catch everyones eye
Bio-Glue? does that mean the light saber is just around the corner

 

[eyeeatingfish]

I think I found something better last night. Burned rice in the bottom of a pot. Nothing can get that stuff off! I was thinking there has to be a way to market that stickum! Its the toughest glue on the planet. I scrubbed for an hour and still didn't get it all cleaned up.

STR

Im not sure if this applies to all types of rice, but we generally rins our rice a few times before cooking it. It washes away some of the starch that will make it stick to the bottom and i think burn.

 

[McAhron]

Boil water in thwe pot long enough and it will come off.Old chef trick.

 

[Josh Muller]

theres always a wire brush on a powerdrill

(not that i'd recomend that for the long term lifespan of the pot, but it should get the rice off )

 

[Will52100]

Probably my bigest concern would be longevity. There are glues out there stronger than Acureglass, but there are not a lot that have been on the market as long and shown no signs of breaking down.

 

[jaegar]

A little OT but...

My sister one time cooked some rice in a pot on an electric stove. Forgot about it and an hour later the house is looking hazy .
My mother decided against opening the pot (smoke pouring out) and grabbed it with some pot holders to take it outside. On her way out, whatever attatched the base of the pot had melted, causing the entire base with molten solder to fly off, landing on the kitchen linolium. Somwhere in there, a dishtowel caught fire from the molten pot, and was thrown in the corner. Flames just barely began to singe the baseboards, when we got water poured on it.

Got everything put out and the house aired out (it required an ozone machine), but the molten pot had melted multiple spots in the linolium. As a result, our insurance paid for us to put in new tile.

Anyway, rice can be nasty stuff. No attempt to salvage that pot .

The bacteria sounds neat, but I wonder how it would hold up under high heat and deep cold?

~Brian

 

[John Andrews]

Probably my bigest concern would be longevity. There are glues out there stronger than Acureglass, but there are not a lot that have been on the market as long and shown no signs of breaking down.

I agree with that!

 

[Dan Gray]

anything bio sounds degradable to me, for the medical field as in replacing stitches and staples they use super glue anyway now . of course in this case it would only have to hold up for a week or two at most
I'm thinking NOT