Microbial mules.

• Autores: Ferris Jabr
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 306, Nº. 6, 2012, págs. 20-20
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses bacteria engineered to transport nanoparticles and drugs. A study by researchers at John Hopkins University in Maryland, in which nanoparticles composed of gold-coated nickel and tin were attached to nonpathogenic Escherichia coli and a study by researchers at Stanford University in California, in which a gene that makes fireflies glow was attached to the bacterium that cause food poisoning, Listeria monocytogenes, to detect their presence is presented.