Effect of Bound AMPs from Fish Gills on <i>E. coli.</i> (IMAGE)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Effect of Bound AMPs from Fish Gills on <i>E. coli.</i>

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Fluorescence microscopy images of E. coli. cells cultured with silicon crystals that were coated with antimicrobial peptides. The green cells are alive, while the cells in red are dead. On the left, the peptides were bound flat on the silicon crystals. On the right, the peptides were bound vertically.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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