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| Title |
High throughput microencapsulation of Bacillus subtilis in semi-permeable biodegradable polymersomes for selenium remediation
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| Published in |
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00253-016-7896-7 |
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| Authors |
Jacob Barlow, Kevin Gozzi, Chase P. Kelley, Benjamin M. Geilich, Thomas J. Webster, Yunrong Chai, Srinivas Sridhar, Anne L. van de Ven |
| Abstract |
Encapsulating bacteria within constrained microenvironments can promote the manifestation of specialized behaviors. Using double-emulsion droplet-generating microfluidic synthesis, live Bacillus subtilis bacteria were encapsulated in a semi-permeable membrane composed of poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(D,L-lactic acid) (mPEG-PDLLA). This polymer membrane was sufficiently permeable to permit exponential bacterial growth, metabolite-induced gene expression, and rapid biofilm growth. The biodegradable microparticles retained structural integrity for several days and could be successfully degraded with time or sustained bacterial activity. Microencapsulated B. subtilis successfully captured and contained sodium selenite added outside the polymersomes, converting the selenite into elemental selenium nanoparticles that were selectively retained inside the polymer membrane. This remediation of selenium using polymersomes has high potential for reducing the toxicity of environmental selenium contamination, as well as allowing selenium to be harvested from areas not amenable to conventional waste or water treatment. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 62 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 61 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Researcher | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Unknown | 16 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 16% |
| Engineering | 8 | 13% |
| Materials Science | 5 | 8% |
| Chemical Engineering | 5 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 18% |
| Unknown | 19 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 October 2016.
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