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''ST Huber, D Terwiel, WH Evers, D Maresca, AJ Jakobi''. Preprint 2022 doi: [https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.08.489936 10.1101/2022.05.08.489936]<br>Many kinds of bacteria and archaea control their buoyancy to move to optimal positions in liquid environments. They do this by making nano-compartments called "gas vesicles", long "pipes" with closed ends filled with gases. In 2022, gas vesicle structure was solved, revealing self-assembling thin-walled cylinders of remarkable strength with gas-permeable pores and water-repelling (hydrophobic) interiors. Building on this structural knowledge, gas vesicles are being engineered to serve as biosensors that report via ultrasound. | ''ST Huber, D Terwiel, WH Evers, D Maresca, AJ Jakobi''. Preprint 2022 doi: [https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.08.489936 10.1101/2022.05.08.489936]<br>Many kinds of bacteria and archaea control their buoyancy to move to optimal positions in liquid environments. They do this by making nano-compartments called "gas vesicles", long "pipes" with closed ends filled with gases. In 2022, gas vesicle structure was solved, revealing self-assembling thin-walled cylinders of remarkable strength with gas-permeable pores and water-repelling (hydrophobic) interiors. Building on this structural knowledge, gas vesicles are being engineered to serve as biosensors that report via ultrasound. | ||
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Bacteria float with nano-balloons.
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