The role of bioluminescent bacteria in the future of lighting in interior architecture spaces

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Faculty of Fine Arts - Décor Department - Mansoura University

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In recent years, science has provided new technologies and innovative materials that can be employed by designers and artists in the process of creativity and artwork. Sometimes this leads to new discoveries in science and art. For example, bacteria - considering recent scientific developments and studies - have become an environmentally friendly source. It can be used in interior architecture as a complement to the design and exterior architecture of buildings and street signs - in addition to providing lighting in places where there are no electric cables, such as gardens, parks, resorts, villages, secluded tourist places, museums, and other places.

The phenomenon of bioluminescence found in marine ecosystems, from the sea floor to the surface of the ocean, involves a chemical reaction process. Two unique chemicals are responsible for producing bioluminescence: luciferin and luciferase or photosynthetic protein. The difference is due to in the vital color produced by luminous bacteria - the two primary colors (blue and green) - to what results from the arrangement of luciferin molecules.

Consequently, interior architecture designers and architects tended to use bacteria in the elements of various lighting units and sources to contribute to reducing the percentage of pollution. It's time we focus more than ever on other greenhouse gases.” And the research continues as scientists seek to accelerate the spread of organisms that can glow. There is still no glow bright enough to replace conventional light bulbs. The microorganism, as it can live for only two or three days before the nutrients run out or multiply too much for the tube, and scientists are doing new experiments and explorations of the possibility of providing bright bioluminescent lamps for the appropriate environment for this and the appropriate feeding method for the luminous bacteria to take advantage of them as much as possible.

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