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. 2016 Nov 3;50(1):2–11. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00386

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Sperm and bacteria powered biohybrids. (A) Bull spermatoozen trapped within microtubes. (B) Sperm cell coupling (i), transport (ii), approach to the oocyte membrane (iii), and release (iv). (C) MC-1 bacteria with (bottom) and without liposomes (top). (D) Janus particles with specific cell adhesion of E. coli to the metal cap. (E) Beads (30 μm) with attached Serratia marcescens. (F) Examples of E. coli swimming with 2 μm and 600 nm Janus particles. Panels A, D, and F reprinted with permission from refs (38 and 76). Copyright 2016 John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Panel B reprinted with permission from ref (69). Copyright 2016 American Chemical Society. Panel C reprinted with permission from ref (72). Copyright 2014 American Chemical Society. Panel E reprinted with permission from ref (75). Copyright 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.