title: Functionalizing bacterial cell surfaces with a phage protein.
abstract: Functionalization of bacterial cell surfaces has the potential to introduce new activities by chemical modification. Here we show that a bacteriophage-receptor complex can be used to functionalize the surface of two Gram-negative proteobacteria, Escherichia coli and Ralstonia eutropha with CdSe/ZnS nanoparticles. This work highlights the potential for using microbe-phage interactions to generate new functions on living cells.
authors.affiliation: Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. yichuny@ntnu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Yi-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Changhao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Nathan J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Hillson
authors.forename: Harry R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Beller
authors.forename: Swapnil R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Chhabra
authors.forename: Steven W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D019187:Cadmium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D020118:Cupriavidus necator / Q000737:chemistry*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D018036:Selenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry; D013604:T-Phages / Q000737:chemistry*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D017967:Zinc Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D019187:Cadmium Compounds; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C050900:FhuA protein, E coli; D018036:Selenium Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; D014764:Viral Proteins; D017967:Zinc Compounds; C067129:oad protein, Bacteriophage T5; C058667:cadmium selenide; C031238:zinc sulfide