Isithombe: I-Sustainable Yeast Production Lab

Lesi sithombe sithwebula isikhashana sokuqamba okusha okuthulile ngaphakathi kwelebhu yesimanje yokuvutshelwa, lapho imingcele phakathi kokunemba kwesayensi nokucabangela kwemvelo incibilika ibe yinto evumelanayo. Indawo ifakwe ukukhanya okuthambile, okungokwemvelo okuhluza ngamafasitela amakhulu, isakaza okuvelele okuthambile ezindaweni zensimbi engagqwali futhi ikhanyisa imibala esagolide yoketshezi olubilayo. Ngaphambili, i-bioreactor yesimanjemanje imi njengengxenye eyinhloko yokwakheka—ingaphandle layo elipholishiwe liyakhazimula, ingaphakathi layo liphila ngokunyakaza. Umkhumbi ugcwele uketshezi olucebile, olune-amber-toned, olugcwele ubungqabavu njengoba ama-yeast colonies egaya ushukela ube yi-ethanol nesikhutha. Ukwenyuka kwegwebu phezulu kanye nokukhuphuka okungaguquki kwamabhamuza kuphakamisa inqubo yokuvubela enyakazayo, eqashwe ngokucophelela futhi elungiselelwe kokubili ukusebenza kahle nokusimama.

Kuzungeze i-bioreactor kunenethiwekhi yamashubhu, ama-valve, nezinzwa—ngalinye liwubufakazi bokuzibophezela kwelebhu ekulawuleni nasekunembeni. Lokhu kufakwa kuvumela ukulungiswa kwesikhathi sangempela kumazinga okushisa, i-pH, amazinga komoyampilo, nokugeleza kwezakhi, okuqinisekisa ukuthi amasiko emvubelo ahlala enempilo futhi ekhiqiza. Imishini ilula futhi yesimanje, nokho ukuhlanganiswa kwayo emkhathini kuzwakala ku-organic, njengokungathi ubuchwepheshe abuklanyelwe ukusebenza nje kuphela kodwa ukuhlalisana nomhlaba wemvelo. Le timu iqhubekela endaweni emaphakathi, lapho imikhumbi eminingi yokuvutshelwa kwezingilazi ihlala phezu kwamatafula ensimbi engagqwali, okuqukethwe kwayo kushwibeka kancane njengoba impilo ye-microbial iguqula ama-substrates aluhlaza abe yimikhiqizo ebalulekile yamakhemikhali ezinto eziphilayo. Ukucaca kwengilazi nokufana koketshezi ngaphakathi kuphakamisa izinga eliphezulu lokungaguquguquki, umphumela wokulinganisa okucophelelayo nokubamba uchwepheshe.

Ngalé kwezindonga zaselabhorethri, isithombe siyavuleka ukuze siveze indawo evundile, enohlaza yezihlahla zomhlume ezinyakaziswa umoya ohelezayo. Ukuba khona kwazo kungaphezu kokuhlobisa—kungokomfanekiso, ukuvuma ngekhanda okubonakalayo ku-ethos eqaphela imvelo esekela wonke umsebenzi. Imihlume, eyaziwa ngokukhuthazela kanye neqhaza ekuthathweni kwekhabhoni, isebenza njengesingathekiso sokuzibophezela kwelebhu ekusimameni. Bahlela inkundla ngomuzwa wokuzola nenjongo, bekhumbuza isibukeli ukuthi inqubekelaphambili yesayensi akufanele ize ngokulahlekelwa ukunakekelwa kwemvelo.

Ukukhanya kuso sonke isithombe kuthambile futhi kusabalele, kuveza ukukhanya okufudumele okuthuthukisa amathoni asagolide oketshezi olubilayo kanye nohlaza lwemvelo lwamahlamvu azungezile. Lokhu kukhanya kudala umoya ozolile, kumeme isibukeli ukuthi sibambezele futhi sibambe imininingwane. Izithunzi ziwela kancane ezintweni zokusebenza, zengeza ukujula nokuthungwa ngaphandle kokuphazamisa ukuvumelana okubonakalayo. Ukwakheka sekukonke kuyalinganisela futhi kuhloswe, kuqondisa iso ukusuka ku-bioreactor enwabuzelayo kuya emikhunjini yokuvutshelwa futhi ekugcineni liye emhlabeni wemvelo ngale.

Sekukonke, isithombe sidlulisa ukulandisa kokuqanjwa okucatshangelwayo kanye nesibopho semvelo. Kungumfanekiso welabhorethri lapho isayensi ingenziwa yodwa kodwa ngezingxoxo nemvelo, lapho ukuhlola ngakunye kuyisinyathelo esibheke ezindleleni zokukhiqiza ezizinzile. Ngokwakheka kwaso, ukukhanya, kanye nesihloko, isithombe siphakamisa ukuvutshelwa sisuka enqubweni yobuchwepheshe siye kuphawu lokuvumelana—phakathi kobuchwepheshe nesayensi yezinto eziphilayo, phakathi kobuhlakani bomuntu neplanethi esihlala kuyo. Kungumkhosi wokugubha imvubelo hhayi nje njengethuluzi lenguquko, kodwa njengozakwethu embonweni omkhulu wenqubekelaphambili esimeme.

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