Metal-phenolic networks as tuneable spore coat mimetics
Pris Wasuwanich, Gang Fan, Benjamin P. Burke, Ariel L. Furst
Abstract
Bacillus subtilis are probiotic microbes that are difficult to formulate when they are not in their spore form. Using self-assembling coatings, these cells were successfully protected during the freeze-drying process.
Topics & Concepts
Bacillus subtilisSporeMaterials scienceMetalProbioticNanotechnologyCoatBiologyPolymer scienceMicrobiologyBacteriaComposite materialMetallurgyGeneticsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyPlant and Biological Electrophysiology StudiesPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research