BioengineeringbioRxiv
Bacterial envelope damage inflicted by bioinspired nanospikes grown in a hydrogel
S. L. Arias, J. Devorkin, J. C. Spear…·J. P. Allain
This study develops bio-inspired nanospikes in bacterial cellulose that selectively damage Gram-positive bacterial membranes through pressure-induced mechanisms while being cytocompatible with mammalian cells.
DOI 10.1021/acsabm.0c01076