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Inheritable nanotubes boost bioimaging and photovoltaics in cyanobacteria

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An easily penetrable single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) facilitates the use of nanobionics in living cyanobacterial cells through generations, advancing their fluorescent bioimaging and energy-based photovoltaic applications.

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Fig. 1: Graphical illustration of the multifaceted aspects of the SWCNTs designed by Antonucci et al.5.

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  1. Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Organismic Interactions Department, Cluster of Excellence ‘Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections’, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany

    Amit Srivastava & Khaled A. Selim

  2. Max Planck Institute for Biology, Protein Evolution Department, Tübingen, Germany

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Srivastava, A., Selim, K.A. Inheritable nanotubes boost bioimaging and photovoltaics in cyanobacteria. Nat. Nanotechnol. 17, 1046–1047 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-022-01212-2

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