Engineered Living Materials based on Adhesin-mediated Trapping of Programmable Cells
Shuaiqi Guo, Emilien Dubuc, Yahav Rave, Mick Verhagen, Simone A. E. Twisk, Tim van der Hek, Guido J.M. Oerlemans, Maxime C. M. van den Oetelaar, Laura S. van Hazendonk, Mariska Brüls, Bruno V. Eijkens, Pim L. Joostens, Sander R. Keij, Weizhou Xing, Martijn Nijs, , Tom F. A. de Greef
This paper introduces a living material platform that traps engineered E. coli in hydrogels using adhesin-mediated anchoring, reducing bacterial leakage and enabling controlled release of antimicrobial proteins.
ACS Synthetic Biology · Feb 27, 2020Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology