Room-temperature Storage of Lyophilized Engineered Bacteria using Tardigrade Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Yixian Yang, Zhandong Jiao, Shao Zhang, Mingjian Shan, Sizhe Duan, Xinyuan Wang, Siyuan Wang, Yiming Tang, Shiqi Wang
This study demonstrates that tardigrade intrinsically disordered proteins can protect engineered bacteria during lyophilization, enabling room-temperature storage with high survival rates.
bioRxiv · Jun 25, 2021 · PreprintSynthetic Biology