Painting with light-powered bacteria

Jochen Arlt; Vincent A. Martinez; Angela Dawson; Teuta Pilizota; Wilson C. K. Poon

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03161-8

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Painting with light-powered bacteria

Jochen Arlt,
Vincent A. Martinez,
Angela Dawson,
Teuta Pilizota,
Wilson C. K. Poon

Affiliations

Jochen Arlt: School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh
Vincent A. Martinez: School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh
Angela Dawson: School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh
Teuta Pilizota: School of Biological Sciences and Centre for Synthetic and Systems Biology, The University of Edinburgh
Wilson C. K. Poon: School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03161-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

Read online

The ability to generate microscale patterns and control microswimmers may be useful for engineering smart materials. Here Arlt et al. use genetically modified bacteria with fast response to changes in light intensity to produce light-induced patterns.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

About the journal