Issue 10, 2009

Nanotubes connected to a micro-tank: hybrid micro-/nano-silica architectures transcribed from living bacteria as bioreactors

Abstract

Hybrid micro-/nano-silica architectures made of bacterial-body-templated silica shell attached with fimbriae-templated silica nanotubes were prepared by using living fimbriaed bacteria E. Coli TG1 as templates, which can function as individual bioreactors to catalyze the hydrolysis of 4-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside to form p-nitrophenol due to the presence of an intracellular enzyme.

Graphical abstract: Nanotubes connected to a micro-tank: hybrid micro-/nano-silica architectures transcribed from living bacteria as bioreactors

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Oct 2008
Accepted
04 Dec 2008
First published
13 Jan 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 1222-1224

Nanotubes connected to a micro-tank: hybrid micro-/nano-silica architectures transcribed from living bacteria as bioreactors

F. Wang and C. Mao, Chem. Commun., 2009, 1222 DOI: 10.1039/B818652A

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