A redox system operating in bacteria produces copper species
which can catalyse an ATRP-type polymerization at the bacterial surface,
researchers have shown. The resulting
macromolecules selectively bound to the microbial strain which templated them. The approach was also used to label polymer
side chains in-situ. Potential applications include diagnostics.
Bacteria-instructed synthesis of polymers for self-selective
microbial binding and labelling; E.P. Magennis et al, Nature Materials AOP; DOI:
10.1038/NMAT3949
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