Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Chemical reaction-mediated covalent localization of bacteria

  • Huilong Luo,
  • Yanmei Chen,
  • Xiao Kuang,
  • Xinyue Wang,
  • Fengmin Yang,
  • Zhenping Cao,
  • Lu Wang,
  • Sisi Lin,
  • Feng Wu,
  • Jinyao Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35579-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Transplantation of helpful bacteria has been used to treat disease through modulating host microbiota. Here, the authors report a strategy to control bacteria localization in the jejunum, via an in vivo in-situ thiol-disulfide exchange reaction between surface-reactive bacteria and mucous.