Regulated patterns of bacterial movements based on their secreted cellulose nanofibers interacting interfacially with ordered chitin templates

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-120

  Kondo, Tetsuo ^a   Kasai, Wakako ^a   Nojiri, Masanobu ^b   Hishikawa, Yukako ^b   Togawa, Eiji ^b   Romanovicz, Dwight ^c   Brown, R Malcolm ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous fabrication; Cellulose; Chitin; Directed nano patterning; Gluconacetobacter xylinus; Nano engine; Nematic ordered cellulose; Ordered template

Indexed keywords

3D-NETWORK STRUCTURES; BIO-MOLECULAR; CELLULOSE CONTENT; CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; NANO-ENGINE; NANOPATTERNING; ORDERED TEMPLATE; REAL-TIME VIDEO ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

CHITIN; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE; CHITIN; NANOFIBER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VIDEORECORDING;

CELLULOSE; CHITIN; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84862752827     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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