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is there any chance to store data in a Bacteria?if there is chance then how, if there is no chance then how, i need correct explanation

Yes, it is true that bacteria can be used for data storage purposes. Japanese university has developed a technology in 2007 to use bacteria DNA as a medium for storing data for long term .

This data storage exists for more than 1000 years. Keio University Institute for Advanced Biosciences and Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus creates an artificial DNA that carries more than 100 bits of data within the Genome sequence. According to the university , they encoded the e= mc2, given by Einstein's theory of relativity.

Process:

• Since data is going to be stored in artifical DNA so in this process, this artificial DNA makes multiple copies of the DNA and inserts the original as well as identical copies into the bacterial genome sequence.
• These multiple copies work as backup files to counteract natural degradation of the preserved data.
• Bacteria have compact DNA which is passed from generation to generation , thus this information lasts over a long time.

Fact:

• According to the AFP Report , U.S. national archives take up more than 500 miles of shelves. So it is very much necessary to search for the new options for data storage.
• one gram of bacteria used for storing data could hold the same amount of information as 450 hard drives with 2,000 gigabytes (2 TB) each of storage capacity.

Advantages:

• Requires very less space to store data
• Bacteria can not be hacked, so information remains safe.
• Bacteria even can be survived from nuclear radiation.

Originally Posted by smashit8081

is there any chance to store data in a Bacteria?if there is chance then how, if there is no chance then how, i need correct explanation

friend,
an excellent qs.

there is a wide possiblity. there is a wide ubiquitous explanantion for this.

the DNA seqeunce in the bacteria is already a storage medium for data which is being passed along many thousands of years with minimum modification called mutuation and evolution.

the bacteria in turn act as a rom memory as in computers with specific smal changes.

the possiblity of the customised data storage of data in the bacterium by human is possible in the near future with the develpemt of ultra microscopy and related methods.

NO this is not true, and who so ever say it is pls submit a reference scientific Journal/publication. What most likely meaning of storing data in bacteria is, DNA has blueprint information for rest of the life and you can integrate synthetic DNA in various lifeforms including bacteria, so most likely as a metaphor here DNA's biomolecular information is referred as information storage.

Yes, it is true that bacteria can be used for data storage purposes. Japanese university has developed a technology in 2007 to use bacteria DNA as a medium for storing data for long term .

This data storage exists for more than 1000 years. Keio University Institute for Advanced Biosciences and Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus creates an artificial DNA that carries more than 100 bits of data within the Genome sequence. According to the university , they encoded the e= mc2, given by Einstein's theory of relativity.

Process:
Since data is going to be stored in artifical DNA so in this process, this artificial DNA makes multiple copies of the DNA and inserts the original as well as identical copies into the bacterial genome sequence.
These multiple copies work as backup files to counteract natural degradation of the preserved data.
Bacteria have compact DNA which is passed from generation to generation , thus this information lasts over a long time.
Fact:
According to the AFP Report , U.S. national archives take up more than 500 miles of shelves. So it is very much necessary to search for the new options for data storage.
one gram of bacteria used for storing data could hold the same amount of information as 450 hard drives with 2,000 gigabytes (2 TB) each of storage capacity.
Advantages:
Requires very less space to store data
Bacteria can not be hacked, so information remains safe.
Bacteria even can be survived from nuclear radiation.